Great article! Distancing your thoughts from your identity is a very interesting angle. I am struggling a bit with the examples because I am Danish. So not a native English speaker. I`ll reflect on it for to night. At an intuitive level the “stepping back” technique reminds me of how I learned to deal with depression/stress/loosing my job/etc. The idea that thoughts creates feelings and not the other way around (from Sydney Banks, the Enlightened Gardener) allowed me to, well… actually step back from my negative thought spirals and observe them and take less heed of them. So in a round about way also stepping back.
Thanks for your Substack. It feels (sic!) authentic.
Great article! Distancing your thoughts from your identity is a very interesting angle. I am struggling a bit with the examples because I am Danish. So not a native English speaker. I`ll reflect on it for to night. At an intuitive level the “stepping back” technique reminds me of how I learned to deal with depression/stress/loosing my job/etc. The idea that thoughts creates feelings and not the other way around (from Sydney Banks, the Enlightened Gardener) allowed me to, well… actually step back from my negative thought spirals and observe them and take less heed of them. So in a round about way also stepping back.
Thanks for your Substack. It feels (sic!) authentic.
Best
Jacob
From Denmark
Great video Riley. Very relevant to things I’ve been working on. Definitely going to implement the “daily top 3”!—Thank you!
Love it Jeff!