How to Live Peacefully With Negative Thoughts

How to Live Peacefully With Negative Thoughts
Humans are prone to negative thoughts. Learning how to deal with this is critical to our well being. ESB Professional/Shutterstock
Nancy Colier
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Do you have repetitive negative thoughts? If so, the diagnosis is confirmed: You’re human.

The average person experiences 60,000 to 70,000 thoughts per day, according to the Laboratory of Neuro Imaging at the University of Southern California. As a psychotherapist, I can say with certainty that a large percentage of those thoughts are about what can go wrong, what will go wrong, what we’ve done wrong, and what others are doing wrong.

Nancy Colier
Nancy Colier
Nancy Colier is a psychotherapist, interfaith minister, thought leader, public speaker, and the author of "Can't Stop Thinking: How to Let Go of Anxiety and Free Yourself from Obsessive Rumination,” “The Power of Off,” and the recently released “The Emotionally Exhausted Woman: Why You’re Depleted and How to Get What You Need” (November, 2022.)
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