You can get a long way with a few good thoughts about yourself. 

The purpose of psychotherapy might be to find the thoughts that are already there for you … only you don’t really know about them. 

When you have unconsidered thoughts, rather like a stone in a shoe that you are barely aware of, they can cause mounting havoc.

I know someone who once had a stone in his shoe which ended up with his car being washed away in a flood. It’s a long story, possibly for another time.

But for now, here are some things to read and listen to that might help you focus on thinking, about yourself and other things.