This is an episode full of practical tips - quick tips that you can start putting into practice today - that will enable you immediately experience happiness, peace of mind and what one of my Online Program Owners calls "Deep Joy".I present you with a choice: do you want to be happy or would you prefer worry, anxiety and stress? Do you want to live your life properly, like you mean it, in the moment or do you want to be buried in the world of thought?No brainers! Or, as we explore, you need to use parts of the brain that nature (evolution) didn't intend that you use!!!!Enough of that - there are four or five really practical tips in this episode and, perhaps, one tip to which I allude but which we will need to come back to... it relates to whether or not you need goals and objectives. Now... there's a thought!
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The Things We Do to Ourselves
Or, more importantly, the things that we can do for ourselves!In this episode, by way of introduction, we explore the madness of the normal human condition, as a result of which, we impede ourselves, constrain ourselves, belittle ourselves and, indeed, do ourselves actual physical harm.But, if you're the problem, you are also the solution. Or, to put it another way, if your thoughts are the problem, stop paying them attention. As simple as that.Yes, the things that we can do for ourselves are far easier - to the point of effortless - far simpler and far more effective than all the stuff that we automatically and habitually do to ourselves.In this episode, you learn how to do the best for you.One more thing. I mention a short YouTube video in this episode - how to get a good night's sleep (which is very important for your short-, medium- and long-term wellbeing) - here's that link: https://youtu.be/jf0qLyiYZy0?si=XWR43A6kap1M_8Yg
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Navigating Your Everyday Life
What? You don't have an everyday life?That's right and that's what this episode explores.Nothing is as it seems to the thinking mind: from anger to stress, to jealousy to, well the very reality of the here and now.As a result, we're normally caught in a reactionary loop where things go from bad to worse and "not so bad" is about as good as it gets.Until you stop reacting. Yes, that is what this episode is about.So, what strategies do you need to adopt? Short answer... none.You just need to (re)develop your ability to turn up to the here and now. Once you turn up for real, everything changes.And the wonderful thing is that you'll discover results immediately, in the most unlikely of places.
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How to Achieve Your Goals
You'll learn exactly how to set your mind to achieve your goals, objectives, dreams and "perfect moments" in this episode.And, once your mind is set, what you have to do to get there becomes effortless.As you'll discover, you don't need to know what you need to do, it will become obvious what's best to do as you effortlessly dance through each day, like a ballerina, without putting a foot wrong.The whole process rests on your expectations and, in this episode, we explain exactly what expectation actually is... and how to give yourself new expectations, great expectations.And, I should mention, because so many people asked me to talk about it, one of those expectations might be that you lose weight... we talk about that too - but not as much as you might expect!!
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Big Beautiful Joy
Well now, in Episode #213 we explore the essence of life, the essence of living life to the full.We explore peace of mind and what I describe as "the flat calm of being", of not having a care in the world.And, as you'll discover, it's all about perspective or, perhaps, not having one - now there's a thought!Which leads us back into the world of thought - the world of not being, the world that only exists in the warped minds of those lost in thought... most of us.So, we talk about the experience of being - it's all about experience. Yes, we could have the support of all the science in the world (and we have) to confirm how the world really works but, ultimately, it all boils down to you experiencing it.And the experience is, in essence, the joy of being in just this moment.How to do it? Well, you're going to have to listen to the episode, aren't you!
I’m Willie Horton and I’m a psychologist - from Dublin Ireland, living in the French Alps - each week we explore how to change the way you think and... change your life.
Cognitive psychology and neuroscience provide the evidence that anyone - that means you! - can take charge of how the mind works, restructure the brain's key components and... change your life.
The really cool news is: what you need to do to change your life is breathtakingly simple and you'll find your health, wealth, fitness, wellbeing, happiness and peace of mind simply flow when you're flowing in the moment.
And you can get involved too - we can start talking in my private Facebook Group called… To Succeed… Just Let Go - just let go here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/100414346687833
To find out more about me go to: https://www.willie-horton.com
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