Even with smart devices and artificial intelligence, our brains can do things that no machine can yet match. From processing emotions to learning language to creative problem solving, we haven’t figured out how to replicate what the mind does.
Yet our beautiful minds can also lead us astray into negativity, violence or self-sabotaging behaviour. At a minimum, most of us can relate to the experience of being lost in our own minds. We might be going about our day when we are triggered by a thought. Our minds start building stories based on fear or erroneous assumptions. Before we know it, a passing thought has spiralled out of control into a full blown catastrophe. We know deep down that we have better things to put our attention on, but try as we might, we can't seem to refocus.
So what can we do to stop our ‘runaway brains’ in their tracks and regain some much needed perspective?
