Troubling thoughts

“How do I deal with bad thoughts?”

My son asked me…

“You know the thoughts you know are not good and you know …”

He said it with trusting eyes unashamed as he sought my response …

I admired his honesty!

I didn’t ask for more details…
He was interested in the how and not in my knowing the what…

I told him it was a challenge even as an adult…

Offered tips that I practice and share with my patients…

1. Replace them with an opposite positive thought

2. Guard your heart - no need to watch, or listen to everything “presented” to you

3. Practice meditation - Joshua 1:8

I shared one of my “G-rated” not-so-good thoughts and exemplified the above.

“I got it”
“Thanks mom”

How do you deal with your troubling thoughts?

Do share below… please and thank you!

In thought,

Dr. Olabintan

Author

Dr. Tolulope Olabintan MD, AAHIVS, FAAFP, dipABLM Dr. Tolulope Olabintan is the Co-Founder and Medical Director of Livingspring Family Medical Center. She is a Christian, Family Physician, writer, mentor, mother and wife. She takes joy in empowering her patients and readers to live their fullest lives possible. She helps patients live long and well as she believes that the quality of life is just as important as the quantity of life. She is also a foodie and loves the colors teal and orange. Dr. Olabintan completed her medical degree at UMDNJ Rutgers Medical School in 2007. Dr. O went on to finish her Family Medicine Residency from Albert Einstein College of Medicine Family Medicine residency where she also served as a Chief Resident. She then went on to complete a women’s health/surgical obstetrics fellowship at St Francis hospital in 2011. She is a board-certified Family Physician, Lifestyle Medicine, a HIV specialist and a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.