{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F317e87ee-38a7-4695-a396-c20bf776b3a2","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 132: Quieting Your Mind","description":"These are stressful times. With the holidays, the global pandemic, passionate politics and everything else that's going on, your mind might be anything but quiet. In this episode Janine and Shannon discuss the benefits of quieting your thoughts and provide some strategies to try. (Spoiler alert: The secret ingredient is breathing!)\n\nDiscussion topics include:\n\n\u2022 How quieting your mind isn\u2019t about emptying your head of thoughts, but rather about turning down the volume on them\n\u2022 Brains are brains and they\u2019re designed to have thoughts.\n\u2022 Avoiding perseverating on your thoughts\n\u2022 It\u2019s not just thinking negative thoughts that is problematic; you can also latch onto thoughts that have no impact\n\u2022 How it takes energy when you get caught up in thinking about things that don\u2019t matter much\n\u2022 How daily yoga helps Janine quiet her mind\n\u2022 One mind-quieting strategy: Turning your attention specifically to something else (like breathing)\n\u2022 Box breathing, which can calm your nervous system\n\u2022 A question to ask yourself, \u201cWhat\u2019s next?\"\n\u2022 How our brains think worrying about something counts toward taking action, when actually it usually prevents you from taking action\n\u2022 How our bodies react to worry as if the thing you\u2019re worrying about is actually happening\n\u2022 How if you are worrying about something you are not in danger\n\u2022 Shannon\u2019s awesome flow chart for responding to worry\n\u2022 Some visual metaphors for letting thoughts pass through your mind\n\nVisit the show notes at https://wp.me/pa4yl3-lt to see Shannon's flow chart and for links.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/cd2e0d56-1e2f-481a-8571-c4663350c6a6/648i5bBT0OJL-jqDq5kKTfH1.png"}