In this guided experiment, you'll learn and practice a powerful psychological skill for changing your relationship with difficult thoughts without trying to control, suppress, or argue with them.

Rather than struggling with your mind, this episode invites you to step back and observe your thoughts as "passengers" in a vehicle you are driving toward the life you truly want to live.

You'll be guided to:

• Identify recurring thoughts that tend to pull you away from your values

• Personify these thoughts as individual "passengers" riding along with you

• Practice staying in the driver's seat, even when difficult or critical thoughts are loud

• Learn how to respond flexibly to thoughts without letting them dictate your behavior

This experiment builds on earlier mindfulness and defusion practices and helps you develop more psychological flexibility so you can continue moving toward what matters most, even when uncomfortable thoughts show up.

As always, you'll be encouraged to pause, reflect, and write in your own lab notebook, turning this episode into an active experiment rather than passive listening.

Welcome to the experiment.

Learn more at

https://www.honestmentalhealth.com/