The Thoughts That Won't Stop and The Mind That Watches Them

di Thalia Brookstone (Autore)

epubli, 2026

The thoughts come automatically—worries about tomorrow, regrets from yesterday, judgments about yourself, analysis of conversations already finished. You try to stop them, reason with them, think your way out of thinking. But they keep returning, relentless and convincing, pulling you out of the present and into mental loops that lead nowhere. This book explores overthinking through the lens of mindfulness, examining the difference between having thoughts and being consumed by them. It looks at rumination as mental habit rather than truth, the illusion that every thought deserves engagement, and the exhaustion of treating your mind like a problem to solve instead of a process to observe. It examines resistance to uncomfortable thoughts, the urge to control mental content, and the relief of recognizing thoughts as passing events rather than permanent reality. Rather than prescribing techniques to eliminate overthinking, this book reframes mindfulness as the practice of noticing without attachment. It explores awareness, mental distance, returning to the body, the intelligence of observing thoughts without following them, and the quiet strength of letting mental noise exist without reacting. It examines the difference between suppressing thoughts and simply watching them dissolve on their own. For anyone caught in endless mental replays, convinced they need to resolve every thought that appears, or exhausted from fighting their own mind—this book offers insight into mindful observation, permission to let thoughts move through without engagement, and the relief of discovering you don't have to believe everything you think.

• Autore: Thalia Brookstone
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: epubli
• Formato: EPUB2 con Adobe DRM
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9783565200832