3 States of Mind
What are the 3 states of mind?
Emotion Mind, Wise Mind, and Reasonable mind
Which Mindfulness What skill is described as wordless watching or Teflon Mind?
Observe
This How skills encourages us to focus your attention on only one thing in the moment.
Stay focused
What is reasonable mind and how can it be helpful?
Approaching rationally, and logically; using empirical facts and ignores emotion. We can get a lot does as reasonable mind is task/goal oriented!
Which mindfulness what skill helps us put words/facts to something without judgement/interpretation?
Describe
This How skill encourages us to notice and to not evaluate as good or bad, stick to observable facts.
Don't judge
What is emotion mind? Why is emotion mind problematic?
Thinking, urges and behavior controlled by current emotional states; hard to think logically. Typically leads to emotion minded urges and problem behavior.
In this what skill you become one with your experience. Just jumping in regardless of liking it or not.
Participate
This How skills focusing on doing what's effective to achieve your goal.
Do What Works
What is wise mind?
Synthesis of emotion and reasonable mind; being able to consider both our feelings and the logical side before we make decisions or react too quickly
What can we observe in ourselves versus in others?
Self: emotions, thoughts, urges, behavior, physical sensations, motivation, intentions; MAY NOT be able to observe: bias, motivations, tone/facial expression
Others: can observe facial expression, actions, appearance, voice and tone; CANNOT observe mood, emotions, intent, thoughts, physical sensations, urges
You are working towards building independence and trust with your parents however they just said something that made you very angry and you have the urge to yell at them. How can you use the Do What Works skill in this scenario?
Stick to your goal
Don't let your emotions control your behavior
Act as skillfully as you can to achieve your goals
Sally is applying to college. How can she use her wise mind to help her decide where to apply?
Understand her emotions (where will help her feel her best? closer to home? urban? rural? smaller school? bigger school?) and knowing the facts (what she wants to major in, her gpa, SAT/ACT, etc.)
Descibe a photo of a celebrity
Used facts and not interpretations or judgements
What are the steps of letting go of judging?
1. Observe judgement nonjudgmentally
2. Describe the observable facts.
3. Practice again and again.