Q&A 34 – How does stepping away from thinking solve problems?

An innocent trap we can fall into when we have a problem like an overeating habit or anxiety is layering lots of thinking onto that situation. Counterintuitively, the solution to problems like this is less thinking, not more.

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Show Notes

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* When we experience tension what is it really about?

* What happens when we set a problem down?

* How do we pay less attention to our thinking

Resources Mentioned in this Episode

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* Online course Freedom From Overeating

Transcript of episode

Hello, explorers, and welcome to Q&A; episode 34 of Unbroken. I’m Alexandra Amor. I’m here today with the question: How does stepping away from our thinking, solve problems? 

Before we jump into that, I want to just give you a little bit of teaser update on a project that I’ve been working on. For the last few months, I’ve been working on writing a new book. And if you’re listening to this, as it goes out, which is going to be on October 9 2023, it’ll be going to my editor this week, and then it’ll come back to me and there’s a bunch of other stuff that has to be done. 

What I’m going to do is send a notice out to my newsletter list of subscribers. As things are progressing with the book, I’m going to reveal the title and the cover. And then most importantly, I’m going to be looking to send out a few advanced reader copies, or ARCs, as they’re called in the book biz. 

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That’s where I communicate with people about things like this, about special offers and new projects that are coming down the pipe. And you’ll be notified about the new book. As I say, I’ll be looking for advanced readers. So you’ll get notification about that as well. 

So that’s a little bit of a teaser. I’ll release more information here on the podcast as the book is getting closer to publication. 

Back to our question: how does stepping away from our thinking solve problems?

This is something that I’ve talked about in a number of different ways here on the show, and in my work.