observing	the	thoughts	come	and	go.	Some	thoughts	linger,	others
leave	quickly.	You	have	no	control	or	urgency	or	job	responsibility
around	this	other	than	to	be	aware	of	your	thoughts	as	you	would	the
trains	entering	and	exiting	the	station.
3.
	
Similar	to	“red	train”	or	“green	train,”	see	if	you	can	label	each	train
(thought)	as	it	comes	in	and	out	of	the	station	(your	mind).	Without
judgment	or	criticism,	list	in	your	notebook,	or	say	aloud,	the	thoughts
that	come	through	your	station.	See	if	you	can	group	the	thoughts	into
larger	categories:	“worried	thoughts,”	“catastrophic	thoughts,”	
“
	
family
thoughts,”	“self-esteem	thoughts,”	“future	thoughts,”	or	“work
thoughts.”	Each	time	you	label	a	thought	as	belonging	to	a	certain
category,	that	thought	becomes	less	persuasive	and	less	significant.
Test	Your	Predictions
Do	you	ever	wonder	why	we	tend	to	put	our	attention	more	into	negative
thoughts	than	positive	ones?	Or	why	we	can	still	remember	a	critical
comment	or	upsetting	interaction	weeks	or	even	years	after	the	event?	The
“negativity	bias”	is	the	term	used	to	describe	the	fact	that	undesirable