Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess

In sixty-three days, they built healthy new thinking habits and improved their overall well-being—and this was sustained after six months and carried over positively into other areas of their life.

Recheck. Reanalyze and examine what you have written down

Journal and organize your thoughts

Don’t absorb their negative energy and make it part of you or part of your brain.

Reflect. Ask, answer, discuss this with yourself. Try to find the deeper meaning behind their words and actions.

Embrace and accept the fact that you feel hurt or frustrated; don’t suppress your emotions or feel guilty for them. But recognize that these emotions will pass. They don’t have to define your next actions or thoughts.

Gather. Read, listen, and watch what you are thinking and how you are feeling.

Meditation may bring awareness, but what do you do with that awareness? Awareness, not managed correctly, can do more harm than good.

Humans need this—because as we’ll discuss, it’s not about you, it’s about you in the world.

Someone suffering from the emotional and physical warning signals of depression and anxiety needs to be noticed and listened to. Their pain, which is very real, needs to be acknowledged, and they need help learning how to problem-solve and manage their minds. They need to tell their story, and we need to listen.