Hello dear friends, welcome to Radio Headspace and to Thursday, it's Eve here.
I was listening to the news the other day and one of the breaking stories was of a potential asteroid that could hit the Earth in 2032.
I was like, okay, time to take a break from the news.
I will add that the likelihood of this happening is very, very low,
but the headlines made it sound
like we needed to send Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck up to the asteroid to blow it out of the sky Armageddon-style.
Also, 2032?
Can we just stay in 2025, please?
I really did not need to hear that, and it certainly... was not helping my anxious little mind.
All of this week, we've been exploring different ways to calm an anxious mind.
And let's be honest,
there is a lot going on in the world right now that is causing a ton of uncertainty,
and in a lot of cases, driving a lot of fear.
So if you're feeling it all, I promise you, I'm right there with you.
It's a lot.
So I'm trying to be mindful of how much news I consume at the moment.
It's really important we stay informed, but taking in too much can also increase our anxiety levels.
And I touched on this in yesterday's episode, but our thoughts can be very seductive,
and they can completely hijack the mind, making us believe that what we think is true.
I'll give you some examples, and I'm sure you have lots as well.