About a third of my cases are suffering from no clinically definable neurosis, but from the senselessness and emptiness of their lives.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness involves three fundamental processes: forming intention, paying attention, and adjusting your attitude (Shapiro, Carlson, Astin, & Freedman, 2006).” — Patricia A. Jennings Copy Share Image
Anyone who sets foot into the 'Watchmen' universe and isn't just a little nervous should be given a few days of electroshock… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
“Be fearless with your questions. Don’t be afraid to get a little muddy. Keep your feet nimble and eyes open for new… — Kristen Lee Copy Share Image
Anyone who commits an act of violence to themselves or others is worth consideration in the sense that there must be something… — Rebecca Hall Copy Share Image
Whenever I write about mental health and integrative therapies, I am accused of being prejudiced against pharmaceuticals. So let me be clear… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness isn’t something we practice only in the meditation hall; we also practice in the kitchen, in the garden, or when we’re… — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
“I feel slow. I think slowly, I talk slowly, I react slowly. In the blur and rush of everything around me, I… — Jamie Zeppa Copy Share Image
“If you aren’t paranoid before you arrive in this city, give it a few weeks and you will soon notice it creeping… — Garry Crystal Copy Share Image
“God comes through the wound': Our very imperfections—what religion labels our 'sins,' what therapy calls our 'sickness,' what philosophy terms our 'errors'—are… — Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham Copy Share Image
I volunteered at UCLA's occupational therapy ward, where there are lots of kids with autism and emotional problems. I just wanted to… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
“Many of us have been unconsciously programmed to treat walking as a means to an end, especially while in the workplace. Naturally,… — Christopher Dines Copy Share Image
Too many Americans who struggle with mental health illnesses are suffering in silence rather than seeking help, and we need to see… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“What people don't understand about depression is how much it hurts. It's like your brain is convinced that it's dying and produces… — Tyler Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Wise people throughout history have been those who saw that while life is real, life’s problems are an illusion, they are thought-created.… — Richard Carlson Copy Share Image
“Manic depression is like tunnel vision for the good things. But the trouble really begins when you're out of the tunnel. The… — Matthijs Desendere Copy Share Image
“There can be no resolution leading to growth until the present situation has been faced completely and you have opened to it… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
I've spent years in therapy excavating my endless, often fruitless drive to overachieve. I have learned that being successful hasn't made me… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
“So things were coming together nicely for me to embark on a full-fledged depression. One good thing about New York is that… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I'm really clear about what my life mission is now. There's no more depression or lethargy, and I feel like I've returned… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
If the brain expects that a treatment will work, it sends healing chemicals into the bloodstream, which facilitates that. And the opposite… — Bruce Lipton Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, when you're feeling too much pain, and it's unmanageable, you let anger take over .. Not that it's the best way… — Nouf Alfadl Copy Share Image
If you make something, your mental health will benefit. It could be something really small, but every day you will have a… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
I think it's really important for your mental health to think about the big questions, to discuss them and open your mind,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
And so, it is not astonishing that, though the patient enters therapy insisting that he wants to change, more often than not,… — Sheldon B. Kopp Copy Share Image
No conventional therapy can release us from a deep and abiding psychic pain. Through prayer we find what we cannot find elsewhere:… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is when you are engaged in activities but the mind is set into the meditative state all the time. Meditation is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I have long recognized a link between fitness and mental health and I think we need to encourage young people to take… — Tipper Gore Copy Share Image
Most people may not realize the tremendous value that therapy/companion/comfort animals have for the purposes of easing the suffering of those with… — Ken Wahl Copy Share Image
“The more we practice mindfulness the more we understand the emotional dynamics of the self and others. Mindful emotions can create a… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
“Happiness is the consciousness of growth. [...] If my definition has validity, it suggests that most people come to therapy because they… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
A strained hamstring is a muscle tear and very easy to take care of with proper therapy. The greatest problem for a… — Donovan Bailey Copy Share Image
[Our children] have been taken away from us by the psychiatric mental-health system. They've been taken away by the educational system, by… — Peter Breggin Copy Share Image
For the only therapy is life. The patient must learn to live, to live with his split, his conflict, his ambivalence, which… — Otto Rank Copy Share Image
I’m not super-comfortable with it. I feel the less you project of yourself the more you can be believable as a character.… — Evelyne Brochu Copy Share Image
“We gain that new perspective primarily by learning to be mindful. Practicing mindfulness regularly is our best hope at resetting the happiness… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've met people who don't know who they are, but only know who they are online. When I'm separating Bretman Rock and… — Bretman Rock Copy Share Image
The whole idea of mindfulness is all about having a second-level monitoring of your thoughts and being able to recognize them as… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
The confidence that God is mindful of the individual is of tremendous value in dealing with the disease of fear, for it… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
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