Thought Row Blog — self talk

The Advice You Want To Hear: Stop doing this to that, and a whole bunch of other things. Advice comes to all of us in bucket loads. Sometimes you ask for it, but a measurable amount is unsolicited. It's usually delivered with, "You should." And we all seem to get hit with "in my opinion." Which somehow is meant to soften the advice. What about one of my all-time favorites, and I probably use it

Thinking Is Not What You Think:  I can hear you saying to yourself, “Oh Really, I've been thinking to myself all my life." And yes, that truly is the case. But if you're like me, you have a whole array of thinking thoughts that have been accumulated from a jillion jumbled sources. The abundance of those mostly useless thoughts starts to bunch up, fundamentally robbing you of the capacity of thinking pure creative thoughts. When you spend all of your waking hours contributing to random thinking, it becomes draining, and, not so surprisingly, can have a profound impact on everything from...

Universe of Discourse: If you stare into this oil painting of mine for any length of time, you may discover the meaning behind the phrase "Universe of Discourse." Many of the elements in an abstract work of art gives the viewer an opportunity to travel within their own mindscape. What does it all this mean? And why should you care? All too often, you and I never fully appreciate the creative journeys our minds are capable of taking. Something always gets in the way. Most often, it's our own self-talk. It's very trendy to learn the powerful practice of meditation....

  Controlling Anxiety Before During and After You Go Out Into The World: Looking desperately, or desperately looking for that one thing that tells you how to be confident in who you are. Have you ever wondered about the people you see, that appear to be in complete control of their lives and their destiny ever feel insecure or have anxieties? The answer is they do. And they do, much more than you might think. It's being human. In our society, anxiety has become a dirty word. If you have any form of anxiety, you immediately think that there is...