This morning in our Geotran call, we talked about the thoughts we have that go against what we say we want.

It is easy to have an intention. It is easy to say, I want this to work out, I want more ease, I want something different in my life.

And then, often without even noticing, another thought comes in that quietly moves us in the opposite direction.

For example, I wanted to eat healthy and at the same time, I would think and say that I hated cooking. So I started by changing what I said to I am becoming someone who enjoys cooking. And when my brain would try to tell me that I hate cooking I would repeat to myself, I am someone who enjoys cooking.

I watched a TED Talk this morning that inspired our conversation. In this talk, there was this idea that we are always creating results, whether we are aware of it or not. That means that our thoughts are not neutral. They are part of what we are participating in.

So it becomes less about trying to think “positive thoughts” and more about taking responsibility for the direction we are reinforcing.

If I say I want to have strong muscles, and then spend the rest of my day being annoyed at the fact that it has not happened yet and everything I do seems to lead nowhere, I am entertaining thoughts that contradict my intention. I am participating in something different than what I intended.

What we explored this morning was the moment of noticing.

Noticing when a thought appears that is not aligned with what we want, then stopping and choosing something else.

It is easier if you have a preselected thought that you can repeat to yourself like a mantra until your brain moves on to a different subject. And if you can, use positive points for both the old thought pattern and the new one, so you clear the stress linked to it at a cellular level.

This is not about doing it perfectly. It is about participating more consciously in our own lives.

Sometimes the shift is not big or dramatic. It is simply the willingness to notice, to interrupt, and to choose again.