The Work of Byron Katie

A mother asks Byron Katie about dealing with her son’s obsessive-compulsive disorder. "If my son is obsessive-compulsive, and he takes showers again and again," Katie says, "I might say, 'Honey, notice how hard you are on yourself. I understand that, because in my own way I judge myself too, and I’m working on it. But tell me, did you enjoy the shower?'" The best way to love your children is to understand your own mind. copyright2015 Byron Katie International, Inc. All rights reserved. For more information, visit thework.com.

"A woman whose parents live in the Ukraine struggles with her fear of invasion and her concern for her parents’ safety. ‘They will be invaded tomorrow.’ ‘I’m going to be bombed.’ Katie asks her to slow down and notice what she is believing, thought by stressful thought. When she begins to question the horror movie she is watching inside her head, she sees the one person she can save from being invaded: herself. ‘Inquiry is a way of waking up from your trance.’ —Byron Katie copyright2015 Byron Katie International, Inc. All rights reserved. For more information, visit thework.com."

"A woman distraught that her identity has been stolen questions the thought ‘The thief is unkind to me.’ Byron Katie guides her through inquiry to see how this thought affects many aspects of her well-being. When considering a turnaround to her original thought, the woman notices how unraveled she becomes when there is any stress in her life. ‘No,’ she exclaims, ‘I was not panicked by the thief—I was panicked by my thinking.’ ’When we really contemplate the judgments we make, we can see how they cost us our wisdom and our peace.’ Excerpt from a benefit event at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. For more information, visit thework.com."

"Byron Katie talks with a women who has been doing The Work on physical pain. Next, she discusses the post ‘Nothing you believe is true. To know this is freedom’ with a young man from Vienna. He then asks her, ‘What if you've questioned a thought, but it comes again?’ and ‘What is the taste of freedom?’ For more information, visit thework.com."

"'My son died of AIDS 16 years ago--is it true?’ A grieving mother questions the seemingly real images in her head that haunt her.  Another woman who has had allergies all her life finds through inquiry that she convinced herself that she has allergies. 'It's not right or wrong, it's just how the mind takes on an identity,' Byron Katie says. And a man asks, 'When I'm doing The Work, how can I tell the difference between an answer from the ego and one from the deeper intelligence?' For more information, visit thework.com."

"A man reconsiders the cancer growing in his body and makes an astonishing discovery. 'You want the cancer to stop growing--is that true?' Byron Katie asks. 'Are you sure?' Once the man contemplates these questions and considers the effects of believing this thought, he begins to understand the cost of mentally opposing his cancer. And when he willing considers the opposite of that thought, he makes a discovery that only moments before was unimaginable. For more information, visit thework.com."

"Byron Katie joins Barnet and Freeman for a powerful conversation about our need to know that we matter. Insecure thoughts tend to attach to outcomes that we believe make us matter. The truth is that our mattering is innate – no one or nothing can make us matter and no one can take it away. For more information, visit thework.com."

"'Merlin's Diary founder Barry Durdant-Hollamby and podcast co-host Neil del Strother interview Byron Katie about her extraordinary journey. 'The world is as we believe it to be, so when the mind finds peace with itself, it finds peace with the world.' For more information, visit thework.com."

A woman says that she is devastated because her son refuses to see her or let her see her three grandchildren. But when she questions her thoughts, with Byron Katie's help, she begins to see another reality, her heart opens, and she understands that she can make things right. For more information, visit thework.com.

A woman says that she is devastated because her son refuses to see her or let her see her three grandchildren. But when she questions her thoughts, with Byron Katie's help, she begins to see another reality, her heart opens, and she understands that she can make things right. For more information, visit thework.com.