Martha Beck

The way we do anything is the way we do everything.

— Martha Beck

Take off your watch: the divine is speaking to you.

— Martha Beck

The way out of fear isn’t safety. It’s freedom.

— Martha Beck

What laughter is to childhood, sex is to adolescence.

— Martha Beck

We evolved to move and to learn with all our five senses!

— Martha Beck

There's tons of magic in the world, and it's all science.

— Martha Beck

Every day brings new choices.

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Breathe in, breathe out, no fear, no doubt.

— Martha Beck

Your life follows your attention. Wherever you look, you end up going.

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Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact.

— Martha Beck

People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures.

— Martha Beck

Feel about yourself what you would have others feel about themselves.

— Martha Beck

Question every thought that causes suffering and test it against your own sense of truth.

— Martha Beck

I practice staying calm all the time, beginning with situations that aren't tense.

— Martha Beck

Do something today that you think is too delicious, too selfish, too wacky to fit within the rules of your life.

— Martha Beck

The more you claim your own destiny, the easier it will be to love unconditionally .

— Martha Beck

Expectation loiters in the DNA of every sentient being; when you tell yourself or a loved one, 'Don't get your hopes up,'…

— Martha Beck

“Adam has angels like a dog has fleas. He came here with them, and the more time you spend around him, the…

— Martha Beck

From a place of stillness, openness, forgiveness and acceptance you can renew your commitment to any eating plan you like.

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When you are in a creative or appreciative zone, you literally have no access to your inner lizard, to that fear-based, non…

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Use anything you can think of to understand and be understood, and you'll discover the creativity that connects you with others.

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Welcoming imperfection is the way to accomplish what perfectionism promises but never delivers. It gives us our best performance and genuine acceptance…

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Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury. If everyday experience…

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Don’t worry that you’ve wasted time. Each moment -- no matter how frozen or confused -- was a useful and necessary lesson.

— Martha Beck

Many of us assume that we have to do things a certain way: ignore passion in favor of safer bets, act stoic…

— Martha Beck

Since our society equates happiness with youth, we often assume that sorrow, quiet desperation, and hopelessness go hand in hand with getting…

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Our thoughts about an event can have a dramatic effect on how we go through the event itself. When our expectations are…

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As I obsess about my ancient problems, I feel more like I'm sinking in quicksand than lighting a torch. I'm creating neither…

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What happens when we're willing to feel bad is that, sure enough, we often feel bad - but without the stress of…

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One reason most people never stop thinking is that mental frenzy keeps us from having to see the upsetting aspects of our…

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Your relationship is not supposed to be perfect all the time, your business is not supposed to do well all the time,…

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The shortness of life, which we all discuss, but which is very clear to me at the moment, makes keeping and spreading…

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The effect of emotional venting is to sustain an unsatisfactory status quo. Most people think the opposite, that complaining is part of…

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I have discovered that many of the things I thought were priceless are as cheap as costume jewelry, and much of what…

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“I also thought about that seminar classmate on Adam's ninth birthday. Adam had insisted on going to a pizza-and-games arcade for his…

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Silence comes in two varieties: One that nourishes and comforts; another that chokes, smothers, and isolates. Solitary confinement is the worst kind…

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“Cruelty, whether physical or emotional, isn't normal. It may signal what psychologists call the dark triad of psychopathic, narcissistic and Machiavellian personality…

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“And thus I learned that at Harvard, while knowing a great deal is the norm and knowing everything is the goal, appearing…

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“Occasionally, especially at celebratory times, the whole gang of us would launch into a spontaneous mental game. For example, my mother used…

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Your body is free but your heart is in prison. To release your heart, you simply reverse the process which locked it…

— Martha Beck