Talk & Guided Meditation For Alleviating Intrusive Thoughts

This is a talk and guided meditation covering both modern clinical and 2,500-year old core Buddhist perspectives into the unconscious "ironic process" that makes certain thoughts sticky and repetitive (obsessive), along with specific practices that allow us to stem the flow of such obsessive ideations. The practices, while grounded in early Buddhist concepts, are also found in contemporary therapeutic traditions such as cognitive and dialectical behavioral therapies (CBT and DBT).

Reviews

This was excellent. It is so rare to get such a detailed explanation of the “why” of certain practices. Thank you.

Great explanation of the brain and the science behind thoughts and then some concrete tools to use to stop fighting intrusive thoughts. About 1/2 lecture and 1/2 silent and guided meditation.

Powerful, helpful tools for an OCD sufferer like myself. Very insightful - thank you 🙏

Very insightful, thank you ♥️

Very informative and helpful. Thank you.

Excellent

Au contraire to how you described bed yourself , you are an elnlightened nerd:) Thanks for the talk and the surfing visualisation. This is good info and practice

Wow, as a therapist, I did some of these practices intuitively but never realized the extent of the benefit.

I appreciated that so much. It made my life a little less hell by not trying to battle my brain so hard and transforming horrible thoughts into lighter ones.

Excellent, thank you.

Being a clinician, I find the neuroscience explanation of meditation practice interesting and helpful. Thank you

Excellent talk for half session and great meditation for other half of session namaste

Loved the neuroscience, the relaxed delivery and the practical application. Thank you Josh 🙏🏼💙

Perfect blend of anatomy and physiology, psychology, nuerology, buddhism, anecdotal stories and engaging delivery followed by a 25 minute meditation. Excellent talk! 🙏❤️🙌

This meditation was insightful and helpful, and at the end of it I feel clearer and quieter inside.

I find valuable the idea of agreeing with the intrusive thought to pause a bit to one, go and lengthen the outbreath, and two, soften my body in a caring manner, and three indulge in a thought I enjoy more, and I now have a mini list of things I love that I can visit those times, like the hike trail, sausages at the mall, a quiet beach, road trip.. 😊 😊 😊 Thank you. Namaste 🙏.

Very illuminating talk and helpful meditation. Thanks!

This is incredibly helpful! Is there a transcript available?

I learn so much from you, Josh. If only I could continually employ it. I guess that is what practice is. Thank you. Always.

Very helpful in understanding the process of intrusive thoughts and what to do about it. Thank you, Josh.