Finding Freedom
Through
Intrusive Thoughts
How OCD Became a Doorway to a Different Way of Living
“A rare bridge between mainstream psychology and deeper contemplative understanding".
What this book offers
A different way of meeting intrusive thoughts• Why intrusive thoughts feel so powerful
• How awareness changes our relationship to them
• A quieter way of living beyond the alarm
About the Book
About the Book
Finding Freedom Through Intrusive Thoughts traces a journey through years of intrusive thinking, therapy, and a gradual discovery of a different way of relating to experience. Drawing on both psychological understanding and awareness-based insight, it explores how intrusive thoughts lose their power when they are no longer taken so personally.
What Readers Are Saying
What Readers Are Saying
"Powerful, evocative writing, with excellent insights and beautiful illustrations".
— Early reader
Further Writing
Further Writing
Pete Lancashire writes about awareness, intrusive thoughts and the intersection between psychology and contemplative insight.Future work will explore:• A practical guide to applying awareness-based understanding to intrusive thoughts
• Short essays exploring everyday awareness and consciousness
• Additional books and reflections
About SCS
About Space Cadet Studio
Space Cadet Studio is a small creative project exploring consciousness and everyday experience.The name is a reference to the “space” of awareness in which thoughts come and go.Most of the images are created by family.
Space Cadet Studio
Space Cadet Studio
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