It can often feel like our thoughts are thinking us and we're just the audience for this endless stream of chatter in our minds.

But we have a choice in which thoughts we pay attention to and which we ignore, and psychologist Brian Krolczyk explains a simple strategy for how to identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with thoughts that support our mental and emotional well-being.

Brian is a psychologist, a health & wellness coach and director of the Health & Wellness Coaching program at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point.

You can find Brian online at LinkedIn and I'm on Instagram @YouKnowSandy.

Thank you Michael Kobrin for the music!

Have a peaceful week.

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