The Whole-Brain Child

and feelings giving him so much trouble were simply diʃerent
aspects of himself. They were just a few particular rim points on his
wheel, and he didn’t have to give them so much attention. (See the
diagram of Josh’s personal wheel of awareness on this page.) Tina
helped him see that each set of rim points he focused on
determined his state of mind at any given moment. In other words,
his anxious and fearful state of mind came about because he was
focusing on a set of anxiety-producing rim points—like his dread of
receiving a B on his homework, or his worries about forgetting the
notes during his band solo. Even the physical sensations he
experienced, the anxious knot in his stomach and the tension in his
shoulders, were rim points that kept him focused on his fear of
failure.