Risk Analysis for Small Decisions

August 4, 2022. Don’t worry, this is not a math lesson but something to consider. When we make decisions, our brains tend to bucket them into big versus small, consequential versus inconsequential, emotional impact versus no emotional impact. Depending on the situation you may do a risk analysis mentally. I learned very recently that not […]

Whose Voice Influences Your Thoughts

May 16, 2022. I mentioned this a couple of times in previous reflections but felt that I needed to dig deeper. For most of my life, I assumed that all thoughts were voluntary or there was some level of will I had exerted on my mind to produce the thought. I learned of a different […]

A Thought Stuck on Replay

April 19, 2022. Have you ever had a thought stuck on replay that you couldn’t shake off? Or maybe you are trying to figure out how to stop thinking certain thoughts. There is a way to stop thinking certain thoughts and here’s how it went for me. In high school, I had a recurring thought […]