Here's something worth sitting with.

Right now, your mind is generating somewhere between 60,000-80,000 thoughts today. Over 80% of them are negative. And over 98% of them are simply recycled from the day before.

Not because something is wrong with you. Because this is how an untrained mind operates.

And most of those thoughts? They're running completely in the background. Unnoticed. Like hold music you've stopped hearing, except this music is quietly dictating your emotions, your reactions, and the direction of your life.

This episode kicks off a brand new series: Inside the Cognitive Freedom Method™.

And we're starting exactly where transformation has to start.

With your thoughts.

Inside this episode, I walk you through the very first skill in the Cognitive Freedom Method™, and why everything else depends on it.

• Why your thoughts feel true even when they aren't

• How repetition creates the illusion of truth in the untrained mind

• Why automatic thoughts drive your emotional reactions before you even realize it

• The ripple effect between event, thought, emotion, and behavior

• What thought monitoring actually is and why it slows everything down in the best possible way

• Why the goal is never to eliminate negative thoughts (and what to do

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Dr. Shyamala Kiru is a former psychotherapist of 20 years and the founder of Kiru Psychotherapy Clinic and the Cognitive Freedom Method™.

Through her work in leadership development, practitioner training, and clinical practice (retired), she teaches a structured framework for understanding and transforming the cognitive patterns that shape how we think, lead, and relate.

📘 The Emotionally Intelligent Woman - available on Amazon and Chapters Indigo

🎧 The Dr. Shyamala Show - listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify

🎥 Free masterclass: Inside the Mind - The Hidden Patterns That Hijack Your Reactions

Learn more at shyamalakiru.com + kirupsychotherapy.com

Real freedom begins when you understand your mind.

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• My Clinic: Kiru Psychotherapy: https://kirupsychotherapy.com

• Free Masterclass: Inside the Mind

• Psychotherapy + Structured Support: Cognitive Freedom Program

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