Dr. Paul Conti

Sometimes it's thinking, but a lot of times it's that next step to getting it outside of us because that's very often how we can bring, you know, a new light of knowledge, gain new insight, become more intentional, gain agency that we didn't have before.

Yeah, yeah.

Well, I find that whole concept very, very uplifting.

What it says, I think, is if I don't examine myself and examine my life, then there's a lot in me that just happens automatically.

And I end up being driven by these automatic things, right?

The next one thought leads just to the next.

And I have a response to the thought.

And that guides me one way versus the next, another.

And I'm very then predictable in what I'm doing.

And you know, a lot of that's going on in my life now.

For most of us, a lot of that is going on in our lives and some facets of life.

We can say, why does that have to be so negative or daunting?

So we'll look at the opportunity there, right?

There's so much I can bring to bear to be more intentional about life and to stop and think why I'm thinking what I'm thinking, why I'm feeling what I'm feeling.

You know, we can bring a whole self to bear that observes ourselves and is curious about what's going on in us.

And we don't have to be afraid of that.

And I think that's what leads us down one path versus another.

If we're not empowered to say, I can bring knowledge to bear, I can understand and I can use that to bring the change that I want to make it more likely that I'm going to get the things that I want.

So I'm going to be happier in my life from more from one day to the next.

Like, I want to go do that.