Joseph Nguyen

The first thing is to realize and ask yourself the question, how often has overthinking helped or even solved the situation that I'm going through right now? Is this thinking actually useful? And once you start asking yourself that question, you'll start to realize that it's almost never helped and actually has made things significantly worse.

And so understanding that will allow you to make a mental note for yourself that whatever I'm doing now is the overthinking, the constant belief in the anxious thoughts. These things are just holding me back from being able to find what I want in life, which is more peace and joy.

And so understanding that will allow you to make a mental note for yourself that whatever I'm doing now is the overthinking, the constant belief in the anxious thoughts. These things are just holding me back from being able to find what I want in life, which is more peace and joy.

And so understanding that will allow you to make a mental note for yourself that whatever I'm doing now is the overthinking, the constant belief in the anxious thoughts. These things are just holding me back from being able to find what I want in life, which is more peace and joy.

And I also love asking the question of when you are the most stressed out in your life, how much thinking is going on in that moment?

And I also love asking the question of when you are the most stressed out in your life, how much thinking is going on in that moment?

And I also love asking the question of when you are the most stressed out in your life, how much thinking is going on in that moment?

probably a lot and if you flip the question when you are the happiest think about a time that you were your happiest or in a state of flow how much thinking was going on during that time how much mental chatter or judgment it's probably none or very little and just from those two questions alone that helped me realize that

probably a lot and if you flip the question when you are the happiest think about a time that you were your happiest or in a state of flow how much thinking was going on during that time how much mental chatter or judgment it's probably none or very little and just from those two questions alone that helped me realize that

probably a lot and if you flip the question when you are the happiest think about a time that you were your happiest or in a state of flow how much thinking was going on during that time how much mental chatter or judgment it's probably none or very little and just from those two questions alone that helped me realize that

It is my thinking, my judgment of whatever I'm going through, or even my own thoughts or myself is what's causing my suffering. So just understanding that alone will, it gives us the sort of permission and reassurance that we can let this go because it hasn't been helpful at all. And that the times that we were happiest in our lives were when we weren't thinking or thinking very little.

It is my thinking, my judgment of whatever I'm going through, or even my own thoughts or myself is what's causing my suffering. So just understanding that alone will, it gives us the sort of permission and reassurance that we can let this go because it hasn't been helpful at all. And that the times that we were happiest in our lives were when we weren't thinking or thinking very little.

It is my thinking, my judgment of whatever I'm going through, or even my own thoughts or myself is what's causing my suffering. So just understanding that alone will, it gives us the sort of permission and reassurance that we can let this go because it hasn't been helpful at all. And that the times that we were happiest in our lives were when we weren't thinking or thinking very little.

Then it begs the question of how do you navigate life if you're not thinking? So when I say thinking, I specifically define it as the negative judgment of anything. Negative judgment of our thoughts, ourselves, other people, events, situations. That negative judgment of whatever it is, is the root cause of suffering.

Then it begs the question of how do you navigate life if you're not thinking? So when I say thinking, I specifically define it as the negative judgment of anything. Negative judgment of our thoughts, ourselves, other people, events, situations. That negative judgment of whatever it is, is the root cause of suffering.

Then it begs the question of how do you navigate life if you're not thinking? So when I say thinking, I specifically define it as the negative judgment of anything. Negative judgment of our thoughts, ourselves, other people, events, situations. That negative judgment of whatever it is, is the root cause of suffering.

And to suspend that is to create space for peace because most of the time, like 80, 90% of all the stuff that's going in our minds is this negative judgment. And that's the story that we keep reliving. So understanding that gives you that opportunity. And so now we can get into the framework of how to actually let go of this thinking. And this framework is called PAWS.

And to suspend that is to create space for peace because most of the time, like 80, 90% of all the stuff that's going in our minds is this negative judgment. And that's the story that we keep reliving. So understanding that gives you that opportunity. And so now we can get into the framework of how to actually let go of this thinking. And this framework is called PAWS.

And to suspend that is to create space for peace because most of the time, like 80, 90% of all the stuff that's going in our minds is this negative judgment. And that's the story that we keep reliving. So understanding that gives you that opportunity. And so now we can get into the framework of how to actually let go of this thinking. And this framework is called PAWS.

So that's also in the book as well. And it's an acronym. So the first letter is P, which is pause and take deep breaths. And what this allows you to do is to ground yourself into the present moment because you can't take a deep breath in the past. You can't take a deep breath in the future. You can only take it in the present moment. And that's where peace resides.