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“Read this book and experience the freedom to create your reality.”
—Deepak Chopra, MD, author of Total Meditation

Don’t believe everything your mind tells you.

Are you a chronic overthinker? Do you obsess to the point of feeling anxious, hopeless, angry, or stressed out? Have you ever tried to “think your way out” of one of these negative thought spirals, only to fall in deeper? Let’s face it: trying to escape your thoughts—or control them—just doesn’t work, and can actually make you more miserable in the long run. So, how can you overcome your addiction to thinking?

In Can’t Stop Thinking, psychotherapist and spiritual counselor Nancy Colier offers the keys to breaking free from the obsessive rumination that drives stress, worry, and anxiety. Using powerful tools grounded in the ancient wisdom of mindfulness and evidence-based acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), you’ll learn how to observe and gain distance from troubling thoughts, put an end to harsh self-criticism, and manage difficult feelings like resentment and shame.

If you’re ready to discover a life beyond your thoughts—one of self-compassion, presence, and peace—it’s time to stop thinking and start living.

ISBN-13: 9781684036776

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Publication Date: 05-01-2021

Pages: 160

Product Dimensions: 5.80(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.40(d)

Nancy Colier is a psychotherapist, author, interfaith minister, and public speaker. A longtime student of Eastern spirituality, she is a thought leader on mindfulness, well-being, and digital life. Featured on Good Morning America, in The New York Times, USA Today, and other media, Colier is also a regular blogger for Psychology Today and HuffPost. She is author of Can’t Stop Thinking, The Power of Off, Inviting a Monkey to Tea, and Getting Out of Your Own Way. Stephan Bodian is a teacher in the non-dual wisdom tradition of Zen and Advaita, a pioneer in the integration of Eastern wisdom and Western psychology, and an internationally recognized expert on meditation and mindfulness. You can learn more about him at https://www.stephanbodian.org.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Introduction: Addicted to Thinking 1

1 Awareness: Changing Our Relationship with Thought 15

Part I Styles of Suffering

2 "I Obsess About What Hurts the Most" Thought Loops and Rumination 29

3 "What's Wrong with Me?" Self-Criticism and Negativity 39

4 "What's Wrong with Everyone Else?" Grievance, Resentment, and Blame 51

5 "What If Things Go Wrong?" Fear, Worry, and Catastrophizing 63

Part II Tools for Relief

6 Unstick from Sticky Thoughts 75

7 Discover the You That's Bigger Than Thought 89

8 Come Back to the Life You're Missing 103

Part III Living the Inner Freedom

9 The Wisdom of Not Knowing 117

10 Beyond a Self That Thinks 127

11 A Good Life, the Afterthought 135

Acknowledgments 143

Endnotes 145