We can use the mindfulness concepts of nonjudgmentally noticing when our mind wanders and refocusing back to the grounding exercise.
We can use the mindfulness concepts of nonjudgmentally noticing when our mind wanders and refocusing back to the grounding exercise. It may help to use a cognitive defusion tool (Harris, 2009), such as seeing thoughts as leaves on a stream floating by while doing mindful grounding. You can access the Leaves on a Stream exercise as part of this free Mindfulness Tools pack.