You aren't your thoughts
Continue with 3 guided steps.
Band of Light Day 1/5
Listen to this audio to practice passively relaxing your body. Adapted from McKay, Wood, & Brantley, 2007
Values Guided Action
Each day, you'll be prompted to choose one action that's consistent with your values that you'll commit to taking that day. Make sure it's realistic and achievable, so start with something small. Once you've made your commitment, carve out time to honor it. Then when you're back into the program the next day, you'll have an opportunity to check in on it. No one can honor their values 100% of the time. If you miss an opportunity, you can take some time to reflect on any barriers you encountered and each day you can set a new values-guided action to work on.
What are thoughts, really?
Last time, we focused on how the mind can automatically produce unhelpful and self-critical thoughts. Everyone’s mind needs a spam filter. You can decide which thoughts are helpful and let them into your inbox, while the unhelpful ones go to your spam folder. We’ll continue looking at thoughts for what they really are: words and pictures. That’s it.