anxiety self-management · 5 min

Mine, not mine

Mine, not mine offers one bounded practice step without promising a particular feeling or outcome.

Use when: uncertainty, relationship worry, work pressure

How the practice works

1. Read the frame This comes from practitioner tradition rather than clinical trials. People often find it useful. That isn't the same as evidence that it works. This never means accepting mistreatment, danger, abuse, harassment, or discrimination.
2. Name the situation Name one specific present situation without unnecessary identifying details.
3. Record what you notice What is one honest observation or next behaviour you choose?

“Some things are in our control, and others not.”

— Epictetus, Enchiridion 1