How to stop intrusive thoughts with 5 strategies to finding mental freedom

To say that the mind has a mind of its own can be an understatement. At any given zeptosecond, whether we like it or not, a thought emerges.

They can make you laugh, make you feel a pang of worry, or make you pause in reflection. But when they’re intrusive? They can leave you feeling utterly disrupted.

Dr. Caroline Leaf, a clinical neuroscientist and the trainer of Mindvalley’s Calm Mind: A Scientific Method for Managing Anxiety and Depression, describes them as a “volcano” that “builds an...