How to Stop Black and White Thinking (Who Made the Rules?)

Black and white thinking keeps you angry, afraid, and feeling helpless, and right now it's everywhere you look. After six months away, I'm back, and I want to talk about why life is a thousand shades of gray.

We're headed into election season, and there's spin for days. I don't watch the news, and when I do look into something, I ask one question: who does this message benefit? Don't worry, this isn't a politics episode. It's about what happens inside you when all or nothing thinking takes over, and what opens up the moment you ask, "Wait a minute. Is there another way of looking at this?"

I share why your peace reaches further than you think, what a 45-second clip about a menopause bill showed me about seeing both sides, and how trusting my intuition led me to walk away from anesthesia 14 years before I planned, once I stopped accepting that it had to be one way or the other.

Chapters:

(00:00) Welcome to Soul Fusion

(02:00) Back after a six-month break

(05:00) How your peace ripples out

(07:00) Why either/or is a trap

(11:00) When your intuition keeps knocking

(13:00) Who said these are the rules?

Resources mentioned:

The Washington, D.C. meditation and violent crime study (1993): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1006978911496