Dear Wisdom:

I have no religion. I believe in these Buddhist principles (which are heavily incorporated into secular psychotherapy in the U.S):

Peeling off inaccurate projections (distorted beliefs, false assumptions, wishful thinking, etc.) from what is so to see the bare minimum of reality, simply: what it is.

Mindfulness: paying attention to what is going on inside me and in my environment, the opposite of being spaced out, dissociated, as I used to be.

These are two, there are more: emotions are guides, carrying messages that need to be seen and attended to….

anita