Retrain Your Mental Habits
Find more peace by taming the mind's cognitive distortions.
In this bonus post for paid subscribers you’ll find my 3-step plan for addressing the thinking errors that trigger distress. These errors are known as “cognitive distortions” because they distort reality in unhelpful ways.
The first part of the guide lists and defines the most common distortions—for example, catastrophizing where your mind jumps to the worst-case scenario: “They haven’t texted me back—maybe they’re mad and don’t want to be my friend anymore.”
It includes an example of each cognitive distortion, as well as an alternative thought that is a better fit with reality.
The second part of the guide offers a way to track your distortions over a one-week period. By knowing what your mind is up to, it will get easier to shift into more helpful ways of seeing things.
You can bring a light touch to this practice, and even let it be fun. Enjoy!
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