What you think, matters! What we believe actually creates the framework of how we experience our lives, relationships, job and this entire world. Hence, what and how we think and how we identify with our thoughts, can enhance or limit our experience of this world and create pleasure or pain. The Work of Byron Katie is a simple way of identifying and questioning the thoughts that cause all the anger, fear, depression, addiction, and violence in the world, specifically in your world.. This innovative method is a way to understand what’s hurting you, and to address the cause of your problems with clarity in any situation, be it in your personal or professional life. It is based in the belief that most humans build up convictions, judgments and prejudice throughout our lives, which limit ourselves putting us in a “parallel world”, through which our mind sabotages us. With The Work we first identify these convictions and limiting thoughts, then investigate them, which often can be stress relieving. In an academic context, The Work is often referred to as IBSR („Inquiry Based stress reduction“) reporting on the positive effects of stress reduction.

What is The Work good for?

The work allows you to step out of your mind and into real life, become unstuck to gain insight, experience more peace and happiness, and act with more clarity. The very simple process helps you identify the negative thoughts which trigger your stress. One the beliefs  are identified, The Work allows us to put ourselves into different perspectives to check for any misunderstandings, judgments or prejudice that keep us from the real truth. Through The Work we often realize the year-long self-sabotage and how our perspective on the world is largely controlled by our thinking. This clarity in turn allows us to return to the joy of life with concrete instructions how we are now able to end our suffering itself. People who do The Work as an ongoing practice commonly report:

• Alleviation of depression: Find resolution, even happiness, in situations that were once debilitating.
• Increased mental clarity: Live and work more intelligently and effectively, with integrity and improved efficiency
• Decreased stress: Live with less anxiety or fear.
• Improved relationships: Experience deeper connection and intimacy with your partner, your parents, your children, your friends, and yourself.
• Reduced anger: Understand what makes you angry and resentful and become reactive less often, with less intensity.
• More energy: Experience a new sense of ongoing vigor and well-being.
• More peace: Discover how to become “a lover of what is.”