When your Monkey Mind chatters incessantly (and negatively) try these three strategies.

Strategy 1 - Change your thought for another that’s more useful.

If you have a sticky negative thought that refuses to go away, then write out a replacement thought. For example, if your mind says to you “You’re going to fail this exam” write out a new thought that says something like “I know that I’ll do fine in this exam”.

Every time you hear your old Monkey Mind thought - swap it out for your new thought. Make sure your new thought is written down so that you use the same words each time.

Rather than eliminating or stopping the old thought, you are simply layering a new, positive thought on top. Extra stars for writing a new thought that’s funny or a bit silly (brains sometimes like that).