1. Begin to notice your thoughts. You can do this by first grounding yourself using the breath work you’ve learned here. You can also stop and notice. And as you notice your senses, notice your mind–what is it sharing with you? What is it judging? What is it fired up about? Tuning into your thoughts takes some practice and is a little like finding a clear channel on a staticky radio. Slow down and really listen, then get to know the voice of your inner self. What’s it telling you about what’s happening?
2.  Another way to notice your thoughts is by going in the “back door” and figuring out what you’re feeling. From there, you can do some detective work and see what thought may be creating the emotion. For example, I’m feeling panicky. Once you can identify the emotion, see if you can look to the area of your life that you think the panic may be related to.
3. Once you can begin to do these steps with more regularity, you will begin to notice your own thoughts more clearly and easily. And, from here, a world of possibilities opens to you. You can let go of your thoughts and “lose” the story, or change the story, or even just simply notice it, which gives you infinitely more power than you had when it was beyond your awareness and you were living, instead, in unconscious reaction to it.
4. Put your thoughts through the Self Coaching 101 model created by Life Coach Brooke Castillo, to see how your stories create the life you are living.

Please refer to the book for more details on this activity.