Episode Details

In this first episode of a four-part series, I teach the Thought Model developed by Brooke Castillo of the Life Coach School, a tool that has been foundational to my own growth. The model has five components: circumstances lead to thoughts, which lead to feelings, which lead to actions, which create your results. Most of us assume our circumstances cause our feelings, but between every circumstance and feeling there is always a thought. I share how this idea goes back to Stoic philosophers like Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, and how it became the foundation of cognitive behavioral therapy in the 1950s. The same critical feedback from a boss can make one person feel motivated and another feel shame, because the thought in between is different. Your assignment this week: when you notice a strong feeling, pause and ask what am I thinking right now? Next episode we go deep on circumstances and thoughts.

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Chapters
00:00 — Introduction to the Thought Model
01:00 — The Five Components: Circumstances, Thoughts, Feelings, Actions, Results
02:30 — This Is Not New: Stoic Philosophy and 2000 Years of Proof
04:00 — How CBT and the Thought Model Are the Same Idea
05:00 — The Critical Feedback Example: Same Circumstance, Different Results
06:00 — Your Life Is Shaped by What You Think, Not What Happens
07:00 — Your Assignment This Week