From Leave Your Mind Behind:The Everyday Practice of Finding Stillness Amid Rushing Thoughts by Matthew Mckay, Ph.D. & Catharine Sutker

Table of Contents

acknowledgments
introduction—the art of leaving your mind behind
part I: what do you think?
1 — watching now: the moving band meditation
2 — watching now: the inner and outer shuttle
3 — watching yesterday: memory versus observation
4 — pit bull thoughts
5 — seeing and feelingversus judging
6 — storytelling thoughts
7 — what’s next: planning versus fortune telling
8 — future thoughts: fantasy versus observation
9 — the conveyor belt of experience
part II: what do your thoughts do to your life?
10 — the workability test
11 — mental marriages
12 — judging everything
13 — what’s this thought trying to do?
14 — what world are your thoughts making?
15 — the great escape
16 — the seducer
17 — rogue thoughts
18 — the thought storm
19 — bossy thoughts
20 — stale bread
21 — you are not a thought
22 — just because you think it, doesn’t make it so
23 — rainy day acceptance
24 — the one-track mind
25 — bringing a thought into your awareness
26 — looking for flaws
27 — thoughts like stars
28 — chain gang
29 — move your feet
part III: stop believing everything you think
30 — labeling thoughts
31 — the fishing boats
32 — letting go of judgments
33 — draw your thoughts
34 — say it again, sam
35 — songs and silly voices
36 — the thought scramble
37 — the paperweight
38 — pop-up thoughts
39 — well of sorrow
40 — white room meditation
41 — take your chihuahua for a walk
42 — the unhappy customer
43 — the thought lunchbox
44 — hold a thought like a feather
45 — the chocolate thought
46 — feeding the tiger
47 — letting worry pass you by
48 — moving into your life
49 — dropping the rope
50 — monsters