October 13, 2020

How Can Mindfulness Help Me Control My Thoughts Surrounding Pornography? with Ty Mansfield [43]

13 minutes

Thoughts often seem to pop up all on their own, which can feel discouraging when one is trying to overcome pornography. Mindfulness can help change that. In this episode, Creed and Crishelle talk again with Ty Mansfield about how to begin practicing mindfulness and using those new skills to think and act more intentionally.

In this episode:

Being fully present with less judgement and more compassion takes practice.

Start practicing mindfulness through guided meditations and reading more about it.

Mindfulness increases our power to act more intentionally.

We can learn to bring our thoughts back to what we want to focus on.

Links:

Stillness: Mindful Living for Latter-day Saints by Jacob Hess, Ty Mansfield, and others

Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment and Your Life

Insight Timer App free guided meditations

Jack Kornfield Meditations

Tara Brach

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