There’s a common belief in personal growth that if you can just change your thoughts, everything else will fall into place.
And sometimes that works.
Thought work can help you question old patterns ...
Many personal development approaches focus on top-down change.
This means using the thinking mind to influence emotions and behavior.
Examples include:
cognitive reframing
mindset work
When I was eight years old, I started having migraines. They always followed a pattern: first numbness in a finger or tongue, then blurred vision, and then—the dreaded pain.
It kept happening for yea...