The unspoken addiction we all suffer from

Our world is rife with vices.

Which makes addiction a by-product. We see this with alcohol, drugs, sugar, and screens.

But there is another addiction that we all suffer from and don’t acknowledge enough.

Our addiction to negative thoughts.

The mind can be a nasty place, especially if it’s untamed.

The constant stress, the toxic judgments and the worries over an invisible future make it impossible to function peacefully.

The second big problem with being in this mental state is that it pushes us further away from creating the life we dream about.

Ironically and annoyingly enough, the more we focus on parts of our reality we don’t like, the more we become a vibrational match to it.

And that’s exactly what we end up attracting—the opposite of what we want.

Resisting these kinds of thoughts isn’t ideal either. It only gives them more power over us.

Who said this work was easy?

Not all hope is lost though.

While controlling these unhelpful thoughts may seem like an impossible feat, exchanging them with thoughts that believe in possibility would be a more viable option.

We can’t ever completely turn our minds off.

The only thing in our control is what we choose to pay attention to.

A simple way to get unstuck

At some point in life, we all ask ourselves “How do I get unstuck”

My strategy is simple: Get a group of people together and bounce insightful questions off each other.

Questions are underrated.

Not only do they inspire fresh perspectives but they also invite you to think of possibilities you may not have considered before.

This is what I do when I facilitate masterminds- Invite people to share their challenges and encourage them to ask and receive insightful questions.

This simple process produces some surprisingly effective results.

When in doubt, use the power of questions and get out of your head.

Dying, to live

Each day we lose as many as 50 billion cells, making way for new ones to be born.

For something new to emerge, something else must be left behind.

The same principle applies to us. We’re averse to the idea of death but living a full life could also mean killing parts of us that invite stagnation whether it’s limiting beliefs or self-sabotaging patterns.

I recently heard Peter Crone articulate this beautifully:

“In order to be alive, you have to constantly die, to the idea of yourself. That is true liberation”

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