Important Lesson From A Psychologist - Dr Julie #shorts

if you have a lot going on in your head

right now here's something i teach

people in therapy i want you to imagine

for a moment that all your thoughts are

like actors on a stage and you get to

sit back and observe them some of them

are saying things that you want to hear

and they make you feel good

and others cause you so much pain you

just wish they would leave the stage now

here's the thing

you can't control which of those actors

come on the stage and how long they stay

there but what you do have control of

is the spotlight so you get to choose

which of those thoughts you spend time

with and focus on and when you think of

it in this way and you practice using

that spotlight with intention

you no longer have to try and control

which actors are coming on stage those

thoughts that you don't want may still

come and go but they no longer have the

power of being in the spotlight you can

allow them to be there while you focus

on what is most helpful to you