I am constantly feeling overwhelmed by all the different demands on my time. It seems that I live out each day trying to "keep my head above water." This inevitably leads to discouragement that I will ever succeed at anything. I am feeling overwhelmed by sadness and a sense of futility. I just cannot seem to move out of this negative state because the pain feels so real to me. What inner act...

Topic: Stop Getting Worked Over by Anxious Thoughts and Feelings (Classroom Talk 2/7/24)

Classroom Talk: 2/7/2024 - Either we have command over our negative reactions or -- without ever knowing so -- our reactions take command of us, making us little more than unwitting servants of whatever painful thought or feeling we've empowered to push us around.

Topic: Step Out of the Anxious Rush and Into Your Real Life (Classroom Talk 1/17/24)

Classroom Talk: 1/17/2024 - The endless -- and futile effort -- to complete yourself in a time to come is as hopeless as trying to free yourself from a pressing hunger pain by believing the more time you spend reading the menu of your favorite restaurant, the fuller you're going to feel.

Topic: Stop Being Bullied by Your Own Stressful Thoughts and Feelings (Classroom Talk 12/6/23)

Classroom Talk: 12/6/2023 - Go through some fear you're sure you can't... and come out on the other side stronger, wiser, and with more faith. Go around any anxious worry or doubt... and never come out.

Topic: Set Down Your Struggles and Be... Free (Classroom Talk 9/27/23)

Classroom Talk: 9/27/2023 - You can't learn how to be; it's impossible. But you can see through the futility of the endless struggle to make yourself (feel) real. So, yes: it's hard to die to the hope that some time yet to come holds the key, but it does get easier the more you realize that whatever freedom you've imagined... doesn't exist without the fear that it doesn't.

Topic: Walk Away from Anxious Thoughts and Feelings Before They Work You Over! (Classroom Talk 5/24/23)

Classroom Talk: 5/24/2023 - There can be no fearful thought of any time to come -- let alone the anxious struggle to control -- or otherwise avoid it -- without resisting a moment that has no existence outside of how we've unconsciously imagined it!

Topic: How to Save Yourself from 10,000 Useless Struggles in Life (Classroom Talk 5/10/23)