Episode Highlights With Joseph

His amazing story that led to his bestselling book and how great books often come from the author's great pain
Thoughts vs thinking and why this is important
The core questions he asked himself were: Who am I? Why am I here? Why do I have so many negative thoughts?
Learning to question the root of negative thoughts and ask if they're true
How to separate yourself from the thoughts you have
Thoughts don’t control us, beliefs do, so thoughts don’t affect us unless we believe them to be true
Thoughts are neutral observations, thinking is judgment about thoughts
The real root of suffering and how to shift it- is this true? Is this useful?
Suffering is resistance to reality
What is more important… being right or being at peace?
The idea of letting go and surrendering is present in so many traditions around the world
Attachments as the roots of suffering and ways to practice letting go throughout the day in small ways
We are not our thoughts… we are the space between. We are the canvas and not the paint
Our attention is the architect of our reality
We live in a perception of reality, not reality ourselves, and where we put our attention shapes our perception
How would I be if I knew everything would work out? And then operate from there
How to get your body and your emotions on your side in this journey- they're there to remind us to come back to the present moment
Fear becomes gratitude, anxiety becomes fuel to show you what is important
Everything is a reminder and emotions can be guideposts
We acquire knowledge through information but wisdom can only be obtained through lived experience
Fear is not in the way… it is the way to the life that you want
A thought experiment: look back in your life at your best decisions and see how many were rooted in logic and analysis and how many were rooted in a sense of knowing
Intuition is still, calm, never rushed or urgent
The cost of making other people happy is your own happiness
What other people think of you is a reflection of them, not of you
His 5 step PAUSE process for negative emotions
When you are fully present, the byproduct is peace

Resources Mentioned

Don't Believe Everything You Think - book
Joseph's website and Instagram
Awareness by Anthony De Mello
Letting Go, the Pathway of Surrender by David Hawkins

A Vatican Document on the Virgin Mary & Communion in One Kind – Dr. Jordan Cooper, 11/6/25 (3101)

Issues, Etc.

Vatican Clarifies Mary Titles

Dr. Jordan Cooper of Just and Sinner

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