Summary of Jackson MacKenzie & Shannon Thomas's Whole Again

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 The process of healing requires dedication and commitment to daily practice, even when it feels like you’re getting nowhere. It takes months or years of changing the channel to change old habits and patterns. With time, this becomes more and more automatic.

#2 Mindfulness is not about clearing your thoughts, but simply noticing what’s going on in a non-judgmental way. It helps you become aware of your default thinking patterns, and realize how you think.

#3 As we start to understand our own behaviors, there will be difficult, painful feelings that surface. These feelings will take over and convince you that they are the truth. Mindfulness will allow you to acknowledge that these feelings are real, but not necessarily true, so that you can continue walking through this pain without being consumed by it or distracted by it.

#4 The story of why you feel the way you do is not important. When you get into explanations, stories, or justifications of why, then you are splitting off from the experience itself.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669356325

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Insights on Jackson MacKenzie & Shannon Thomas's Whole Again

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The process of healing requires dedication and commitment to daily practice, even when it feels like you’re getting nowhere. It takes months or years of changing the channel to change old habits and patterns. With time, this becomes more and more automatic.

#2

Mindfulness is not about clearing your thoughts, but simply noticing what’s going on in a non-judgmental way. It helps you become aware of your default thinking patterns, and realize how you think.

#3

As we start to understand our own behaviors, there will be difficult, painful feelings that surface. These feelings will take over and convince you that they are the truth. Mindfulness will allow you to acknowledge that these feelings are real, but not necessarily true, so that you can continue walking through this pain without being consumed by it or distracted by it.

#4

The story of why you feel the way you do is not important. When you get into explanations, stories, or justifications of why, then you are splitting off from the experience itself.

#5

You cannot control how others think, feel, or perceive you. You cannot spend your energy saving or fixing others. You can only control how you think, feel, and perceive yourself.

#6

The mind has a negative bias. It is scientifically proven to be wired that way to protect us, but we’ve become so used to it that we don’t even realize it anymore. We are taken in by the mind’s tricks of thinking that negative thoughts are the ultimate reality.

#7

The stories we tell ourselves are extremely important. Our bodies react accordingly. We have the power to choose which stories we tell ourselves, and as soon as we’re