This practice can help us interrupt our habitual reactions to certain thoughts.
Write the thought down.
Sit with this thought, observing it.
What feelings/emotions arise? (Write them down)
What sensations can you feel? (Write them down)
What other thoughts arise ? (Write them down)
Draw a line under what you have written.
Take a deep breath and start again
Write the original thought down and once again be with this thought,
exploring and write down the bodily sensations, emotions and related thoughts.
Draw a line under what you have written.
And then repeat the process a third time.
Notice what happens as we revisit this thought with awareness.