A New Way of Being

Positive thinking is overrated: Dr Russ Harris


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Are you the sort of person who tries to combat anxiety and other challenging inner experience by practicing positive thinking?

If so – this bitesize episode is for you. My guest is Dr Russ Harris, the best-selling author of the Happiness Trap.

He argues that positive thinking has its place – but it is limited. So called negative thoughts are an inevitable part of the human experience – and its not their content that is the problem – it’s the way we respond and relate to the thoughts. With resistance, avoidance – or getting lost in them.

There is another way – and that is to do the one thing the mind doesn’t want you to do. Stop battling them and embrace them. 


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