Discovering Your Mind - Aphantasia and Beyond
The Discovering Your Mind Podcast is dedicated to research and discussion surrounding all aspect of the mind's eye from Aphantasia to Hyperphantasia and everything in between. Using our in-depth questionnaire that we call the "Discovering Your Mind Protocol", we unlock and discover your unique way of visualizing and bask in the beauty of our differences.
Discovering Your Mind - Aphantasia and Beyond
Aphantasia, Meditation, and Discovery with Andrea Thorfinson
In this episode I talk with Andrea. Her struggles with depression and anxiety led her to meditation. Her struggles with meditation led here to discovering that she has aphantasia. Her initial struggles with aphantasia blossomed into an understanding that she's not broken, which led her to finding alternate meditation techniques, which led her to writing her new mediation book for people with aphantasia and ADHD, "Living is easy with eyes closed." She also describes how learning about aphantasia helped her realize that she didn't have to give up her dream of being a writer. We also talk about making assumptions, pictureless menus, thoughts, inner monologue, reading, memories, school, and more.
Check out Andrea's Meditation Book at https://geniusbookpublishing.com/products/living-is-easy-with-eyes-closed-paperback?srsltid=AfmBOooSBodyK5qHqQkLzL2I2vrzwJOlHQBn5rFYIyDNahf2xlhr6fhp
Check out Andrea's Children's Book at https://www.amazon.com/Mouse-Pretty-Bird-Andrea-Thorfinson/dp/B0BW2G3WMT
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