Psychology Today: How to Activate Sage Mode and Start Reversing Neurotic Loops

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/theory-knowledge/202211/how-activate-sage-mode-and-start-reversing-neurotic-loops

Shifting from a mindless reactive stance to a mindful responsive stance can help you break out of neurotic thought loops.

Activating your sage mode means adopting the position of a metacognitive observer.

Going meta means your thoughts and feelings become the object of your attention, and you can reflect on what they mean to you.

Much more at link. This is said to be extremely helpful for anxiety & depression. I hope you find it useful.

This is the 3rd in a series of 7 articles on this topic. I felt to post this one because it grts to the crux of how to use the information.