Your inner voice is telling you something. If you listen closely, you may not like it

Your way of thinking could be making you miserable or stunting your emotional growth. But how can you challenge it?

The other night, I got home from work feeling very tired. It was really cold and what I really wanted for dinner was a jacket potato. In fact, I wanted two. So I heated the oven, slathered my potatoes in oil and sea salt and cooked them for an hour and 20 minutes.

I was so tired that I neglected to complete the final step, an error that risked turning this very ordinary dinner into an explosive disaster: I forgot to prick my potatoes.