{"id":7244,"date":"2013-06-05T16:51:05","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T20:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/?p=7244"},"modified":"2013-06-05T16:51:05","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T20:51:05","slug":"how-to-get-unstuck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2013\/06\/how-to-get-unstuck.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Unstuck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/files\/2013\/06\/Ways-to-Get-Unstuck.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7245\" style=\"width: 225px; height: 147px;\" alt=\"Ways to Get Unstuck\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/71\/2013\/06\/Ways-to-Get-Unstuck-300x225.png\" width=\"201\" height=\"127\" \/><\/a>Brain hiccups. We all get a case of them now and then. For some they are fleeting and all a person has to do is to take a deep breath, visualize their departure, and poof! They\u2019re gone. Not so easy for the rest of us. If I counted up the moments I spent trying to escape the broken record of my thoughts, it would be \u2013 no kidding \u2013 at least a decade of my life. Here are some techniques I\u2019ve been using lately to catch the cycle of nonsense and return to the moment, or, more realistically, at least be able to engage in what I\u2019m doing enough to fool everyone that I\u2019m really paying attention and not running numbers in my head.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Wellness\/Galleries\/7-Ways-to-Get-Unstuck.aspx\">Click here to continue reading the full article from Therese Borchard<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brain hiccups. We all get a case of them now and then. For some they are fleeting and all a person has to do is to take a deep breath, visualize their departure, and poof! They\u2019re gone. Not so easy for the rest of us. 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