The biggest hurdle to achieving our goals, and creating the kind of life we desire is our mind. Thus, if we can learn to become the master of our mind- all things are possible! We learn we can become the captain of our thoughts through practicing mindfullness. In mindfullness we become the ever watchful eye of our thoughts. As we observe these thoughts, patterns start to emerge. These patterns reveal hidden secrets- such as our unmet needs or our hidden fears. As we become aware, we have more choice in what we will do with these thoughts and feelings. As we recognise our needs-we can put action into meeting them. As we meet our needs the excessive thinking and overwhelming feelings subside. In this way we grow a new apreciating for how our thoughts and feelings direct us to the pathways to freedom, relief and an incredible life! Often our fears are not our own-they were passed down to us, from wellmeaning but unconscious people throughout our lives. As we sift through which fears belong to us and which ones were simply the result of contagion-we grow a new sense of empowerment in our ability to let go of anything standing in the way of us and success! In studying the mind and it's workings we also start to grow compassion for ourselves, we start to see that much of what goes on in our mind is the result of our inner child's attempts to cope with impossible situations. We learn how to go within, and instead of blaming ourselves for these primitive coping reactions, we begin to offer that child love and support. The support they always needed! We let go of the judgement and discover self-acceptance. We also begin to see that the people responsible for the pathways that led us into our need to protect ourselves using mental defenses and comentary were also simply operating from their inner childs survival mode-and so we grow a new compassion for them also-and we let go of the resentmment and emotional baggage. As we wade through the mind, through observing the thoughts, patterns, needs, and fears, we grow a new sense of empowerment. The empowerment created through the power we hold within-conscious choice.