Through consciousness, you can identify weak spots in the health of your brain.

Important: the brain is not a scary thing. The inside of your skull should be no scarier than the inside of your ankle, so to speak. It is also very flexible, like a muscle that progressively gets stronger.

If you are struggling—for instance, if you are experiencing psychosis—always start by identifying the strong points of your brain. By continuing to do things that are not overworked, you also help maintain the health of your brain as a whole.

Remember: your brain wants to talk to you, too.

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You may not realize it, but you have an internal conversation with yourself all day long. This conversation goes around in circles. You talk to yourself about what you see, what you think, and what you do. This process is what you call consciousness.

It is completely normal to have this conversation going on throughout the day. It is also completely normal for it not to be there all the time, because sometimes you are actively doing things. You need both.

This conversation is incredibly useful because it goes around. The moment it stops going around, you can use that to see where your inner voice is being interrupted.

Don’t shy away from this conversation. Take the time to see what happens. We often think of the brain as something scary, but it is no more frightening than the inside of an ankle.

It talks back to you.

So sometimes it is important to listen and see what it has to say—and why it does what it does.