Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
Undoing Depression: What Therapy Doesn't Teach You and Medication Can't Give You
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Starting a mindfulness practice is the way forward when you want to get a bird’s-eye view of what your thoughts are doing.
Dr Julie Smith • Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: The Sunday Times bestseller, with over 1 million copies sold
Metacognition is the process of stepping back from the thoughts and getting enough distance to allow us to see those thoughts for what they really are. When you do this, they lose some of their power over you and how you feel and behave. You get to choose how you respond to them rather than feeling controlled and driven by something.