Key points. Trying to ignore, suppress, or mute thoughts and emotions doesn't work. Inside "noise" (thoughts and emotions) tends to be more distracting to performers than external distractions.

She thought anyone might be able to learn to stem their thoughts if they were shown how. In March 2020 she decided to find out. COVID had halted all in-person research, including the brain-imaging ...

Intrusive thoughts are those pesky unwanted thoughts that pop into your mind. While everyone has them, they can be distressing. Learn how to stop them from distracting you.

How can you learn to settle down your runaway thoughts, Victoria McGovern asks, so you can focus on doing work you need to complete your graduate degree? How do you concentrate when the whole universe ...

"Anxiety sometimes arises as distracting thoughts," Joy says at one point. "Anytime a thought comes up, you can just place the thought on a cloud, and just watch it drift away." ...