Finding Freedom
Through
Intrusive Thoughts

How OCD Became a Doorway to a Different Way of Living

“A rare bridge between mainstream psychology and deeper contemplative understanding".

What this book offers

A different way of meeting intrusive thoughts• Why intrusive thoughts feel so powerful
• How awareness changes our relationship to them
• A quieter way of living beyond the alarm

About the Book

About the Book

Finding Freedom Through Intrusive Thoughts traces a journey through years of intrusive thinking, therapy, and a gradual discovery of a different way of relating to experience. Drawing on both psychological understanding and awareness-based insight, it explores how intrusive thoughts lose their power when they are no longer taken so personally.

What Readers Are Saying

What Reader Are Saying

"Powerful, evocative writing, with excellent insights and beautiful illustrations".
— Early reader

Further Writing

Further Writing

Pete Lancashire writes about awareness, intrusive thoughts and the intersection between psychology and contemplative insight.Future work will explore:• A practical guide to applying awareness-based understanding to intrusive thoughts
• Short essays exploring everyday awareness and consciousness
• Additional books and reflections

About the Author

About the Author

Pete Lancashire writes about intrusive thoughts, awareness and the possibility of living with greater ease in the midst of difficult experience. His work explores the meeting point between psychology, mindfulness, and non-dual understanding.

About SCS

About Space Cadet Studio

Space Cadet Studio is a small creative project exploring consciousness and everyday experience.The name is a cheeky reference to the “space” of awareness in which thoughts come and go.Most of the images are created by family.

Space Cadet Studio

Space Cadet Studio
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Contact

Contact

If you’d like to get in touch, feel free to email
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