{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e0a55d230e0adb8118592ea/5ee038861d02410ba01500fe?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Don't Be a Prisoner of Your Thoughts 🧠","description":"<p>(Like👍🏾, Share🗣, Subscribe✍🏾, Support 📲)</p><p><br></p><p>Please consider becoming a financial 💵 supporter 💳 of this show with a one time donation of $5 or more dollars by clicking here 👉🏾http://supporter.acast.com/Win-On-Purpose</p><p><br></p><p>Connect on social media @iwinonpurpose</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Motivational author Louise Hay was quoted as saying, <strong>“You are not a helpless victim of your own thoughts, but rather a master of your mind.” </strong>We have power and control over our thoughts. One of the biggest mistake that we can make is to let our thoughts run without being checked. An exercise that I have found helpful is — when a random, out of the blue thought runs across my mind I ask myself if this is what I am truly feeling? And I try to figure out where that particular thought came from.</p><p><br></p><p>As a person that comes from black heritage it scares me every time I hear or see something like what we have been seeing lately. I always think about my dad, my brother, my husband, son and all of my family members. To be honest, I get really scared because I don’t want that to happen to them. I think about that, I ponder what I should tell my son. But realistically, the only thing I can do is do the absolute best that I can do. I can’t worry myself to death about it. I have to take control of the thoughts that are running through my mind. I have to be the master of my mind. I have to find away to counter those negative thoughts when they come. I cant allow myself to become a prisoner of negative thoughts. So, an exercise that I do is as I said earlier, when its a thought that isn’t positive I try to trace it back to something. I try to figure out what made me think about this particular thing and once I identify I know that I need to maybe minimize the attention I am giving to that thing. I also have to say something, whether out loud or to myself to counter the negative thinking. What I refuse to do is allow bad thoughts to setup shop and invite its friends to the party. <strong>“You are not a helpless victim of your own thoughts, but rather a master of your mind.”&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Available via: Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Play, iHeart Radio, &amp; Amazon Alexa</p><p><br></p><p>Music by: Ikson</p>","author_name":"Win On Purpose"}