“What happened to you as a child, particularly something bad, changed you, absolutely and completely. It was like part of your brain… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
“I once met a woman who'd been in therapy... and it seemed like the big thing she'd learned was to ignore everything… — Michael Marshall Smith Copy Share Image
Intellectual respectability required mental health, and it was becoming evident to me by then that "mental health" consisted of trusting everyone about… — Kerry Thornley Copy Share Image
“The biggest potential for helping us overcome shame is this: We are “those people.” The truth is…we are the others. Most of… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Some researchers have proposed that experiencing empathy and compassion through the mirror neuron system is equivalent to having compassion for yourself. Thus,… — John B. Arden Copy Share Image
Artemis: (shocked) Why, Doctor? This is a sensitive area. For all you know I could be suffering from depression. Doctor Po: I… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
“A professor once asked his class to answer the question, “What causes mental illness?” The students wrote the kinds of answers you… — Mark Ettensohn Copy Share Image
“researchers exploring the impact of mindfulness training on children, adolescents, and adults have revealed a wide range of positive outcomes including: improvements… — Patricia A. Jennings Copy Share Image
“There is no “letting go.” I would dare to take it further and say there is no healing from trauma. For nearly… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
“Not wanting the girls to endure the shame of a crazy mother, I spent my days acting as normal as possible. I… — Suzie Burke Copy Share Image
Beyond ensuring that people everywhere have access to mental health, virtual digital assistants can act as learning companions, using their insight into… — Rana el Kaliouby Copy Share Image
“Even when they speak of the need for "meaning and "love," therapists define love and meaning simply as the fulfillment of the… — Phillip Rieff Copy Share Image
To educate is really the most important thing. To try to reach people that have never understood mental health or had issues… — Mardy Fish Copy Share Image
“One weekend it rained for 48 hours without stopping. The rain beat like bony fingers against the window panes. Tap. Tap. Tap.… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Of course, I should have known the kids would pop out in the atmosphere of Roberta's office. That's what they do when… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“What's the difference between sanity and madness anyway? We all play headgames with ourselves. We all have baggage. We all cope somehow.… — A.S. King Copy Share Image
“In 1944-1945, Dr Ancel Keys, a specialist in nutrition and the inventor of the K-ration, led a carefully controlled yearlong study of… — Michelle Stacey Copy Share Image
“When we focus on positive thoughts, we attract positive experiences into our field of awareness. Conversely, when we dwell on negativity, we… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
... once you were in, they put a note in your file that said you were in therapy, and all your teachers… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
“What still frightens me is that society is fickle. There was a time when nobody believed in the reality of abuse, and… — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson Copy Share Image
“Each person is born with an unencumbered spot, free of expectation and regret, free of ambition and embarrassment, free of fear and… — Mark Nepo Copy Share Image
“The cold buried deep inside the bones of her hands, her feet, her head, her back…everywhere. Viola felt old, chilled, and exflunctified. She brushed away her… — Sheridan Brown Copy Share Image
“In my view, it is an error to think about 'alternatives to prison' if what we mean by that is 'electronic bracelets,'… — Karlene Faith Copy Share Image
“He had said of me, ‘You are fated to be life’s passive participant,’ but I wrestled fate to the ground and suffocated… — Craig Froman Copy Share Image
“Whether it is in your work, or your relationships, or your food choices, or your interaction with any part of nature, or… — Evita Ochel Copy Share Image
Lunatics are similar to designated hitters. Often an entire family is crazy, but since an entire family can't go into the hospital,… — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
“Genuine self esteem – please understand this – genuine self esteem is not competitive or comparative. Genuine self esteem isn’t expressed by… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
“Therapy must begin with empathy - not a patronizing sympathy, but instead one that is unflinching (Marotta, 2003). Empathy of this sort… — Christine A. Courtois Copy Share Image
“I was on a mission. I had to learn to comfort myself, to see what others saw in me and believe it.… — Stephanie Klein Copy Share Image
“She continued her own studies, principally attending to German, and to Literature; and every Sunday she went alone to the German and… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When our mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
When you have learned, through discipline, to simplify your life, and so practiced the mindfulness of meditation, and through it loosened the… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
The continuing struggle was once described in the following metaphor by a patient who had successfully completed a long course of psychotherapy:… — Sheldon B. Kopp Copy Share Image
“There is nothing passive about mindfulness. One might even say that it expresses a specific kind of passion—a passion for discerning what… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
“As much as I can, I avoid using the word "spiritual" altogether. I find it neither useful nor necessary nor appropriate in… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
The single largest frustration in the massage field is the waste of resources and training resulting from high attrition among those who… — Bob Benson Copy Share Image
“Just as sometimes I wondered if Grandpa had ever existed, sometimes I wondered if I truly existed myself. As I was running,… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“If I was set an essay on Friday, I’d spend three hours on Saturday morning in the library. Was that normal? I… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Our society assigns us a tiny number of roles: We're producers of one thing at work, consumers of a great many things… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
“Sadly, many storytellers and artists are still addicted to the old delusions (happy is boring, evil is interesting) about the risks of… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
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