When you do the thing you fear, the thing loses its power to scare. — Martha Beck Fear Copy Share Image
To attract something that you want, become as joyful as you think that thing would make you. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Angels come in many shapes and sizes, and most of them are not invisible. — Martha Beck Angel Copy Share Image
Imagine what you'd do if it absolutely didn't matter what people thought of you. Got it? Good. Never go back. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature. — Martha Beck Nature Copy Share Image
No part of your experience is wasted. Everything you've experienced so far is part of what you were meant to learn. — Martha Beck Experience Copy Share Image
Tiny steps will get you to your goal months and months sooner. A little is better than a lot. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Make a plan to change the world. For one night, don't disbelieve that you can. — Martha Beck Change the world Copy Share Image
I now believe that bêtes noires usually attack because we're thwarting our own destinies. Calming the beast turns us toward our best… — Martha Beck Beast Copy Share Image
If you're living completely on your own, break out of solitary confinement. Seek to understand others, and help them understand you. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Constantly measuring ourselves against others sours and shortens our lives, robbing us of the very things we think it will bring: prosperity,… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
No one can give you anything-love, shame, self-esteem- until you give it to yourself. Today, give yourself good things. — Martha Beck Esteem Copy Share Image
If you'd rather live surrounded by pristine objects than by the traces of happy memories, stay focused on tangible things. Otherwise, stop… — Martha Beck Caring Copy Share Image
What would you do if you knew that every good thing in your life depended on your getting enough rest? Because it… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
A joyful life isn’t about others; it’s about the brightness that is associated with being alive. Your path to it is through… — Martha Beck Alive Copy Share Image
To complete your daily mental hygiene, observe any part of you that is upset or anxious, and offer that part of yourself… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
The great power of separating the watching mind from the thinking mind is that the watching mind is innately loving. Some call… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Criticism is an alluring substitute for creation, because tearing things down, unlike building them up, really is as easy as falling off… — Martha Beck Adages Copy Share Image
“This is it, I thought. This is the part of us that makes our brief, improbable little lives worth living: the ability… — Martha Beck Human beings Copy Share Image
Most people think that once they've found their purpose and the power to practice it, they'll finally be at peace. Actually, though,… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Ten years ago, I still feared loss enough to abandon myself in order to keep things stable. I'd smile when I was… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
There are several ways to mess up your life by fighting to make your calendar age match your felt age. I live… — Martha Beck Age Copy Share Image
If I tell a man he needs to quit his soul-sucking job, he has to go home and fight with his wife… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
It seems to me at this moment that laughing is a serious thing, that it connects us with truth and love and… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Make stuff up. Anyone who ever did something new or interesting was making it up as they went along. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
“This is their journey. I’ll have my time to go through xyz, but now is not my time. Everyone gets their time.” — Martha Beck Journey Copy Share Image
Imagine the choices you'd make if you had no fear-of falling, of losing, of being alone, of disapproval. — Martha Beck Choice Copy Share Image
I'd like to help repair the earth's ecosystems, and to fully live until I'm fully dead. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Stop trying to change your behavior; instead, rethink your beliefs — Martha Beck Behavior Copy Share Image
Remember, intimacy increases with honesty. Share less to keep people away and more to draw them closer. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Anger elicits anger, fear elicits fear, no matter how well meaning we may be. — Martha Beck Anger Copy Share Image
My anguish came from my hypothesis that other people's hypothetical hypotheses about me mattered. Ridiculous! — Martha Beck Anguish Copy Share Image
Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
People who get what they want tend to be the ones who make the effort to know what they want. — Martha Beck Effort Copy Share Image
“There's more God in one hurt child than in all the religions humans ever created.” — Martha Beck Religion Copy Share Image
Rest until you feel like playing, then play until you feel like resting, period. Never do anything else. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Your first daily priority should be stillness, attention to what you really know and what you really feel. — Martha Beck Attention Copy Share Image
Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind. — Martha Beck Interaction Copy Share Image
Every instance of heartbreak can teach us powerful lessons about creating the kind of love we really want. — Martha Beck Heartbreak Copy Share Image
