Free Your Mind From All or Nothing Thinking

All or nothing thinking is the result of a stressed mind on auto-pilot. Instead of thinking about given situations and making choices in how we respond, the unattended mind will see things as everything or nothing. Black, or white.

Black words can make life difficult. Black words are negative and rigid, words like: never, terrible and impossible are key examples.

"I'll never be any good at ... (fill in the blank)"

And so it is. With this kind of self talk you can fail at anything fast.

White words aren't much better. One example of a white word that's likely to cause trouble is "perfect". The old saying tells us that nobody is, so why put ourselves through the stress of expecting anyone, or anything, to be perfect.

Mixing things up makes grey, and it's here that we'll find some freedom and flexibility in our thinking.

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