The effect of emotional venting is to sustain an unsatisfactory status quo. Most people think the opposite, that complaining is part of… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise small children… — 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
Much protective self-criticism stems from growing up around people who wouldn't or couldn't love you, and it's likely they still can't or… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Connecting with the people who are meant to be part of your own North Star is much more important than any aspect… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
If you find yourself getting nervous stop and relax for three full breaths. Then take one small step, then another. That is… — 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 Copy Share Image
Everything I've ever taught in terms of self-help boils down to this - I cannot believe people keep paying me to say… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
My anguish came from my hypothesis that other people's hypothetical hypotheses about me mattered. Ridiculous! — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
I suggest Substituting Inedible Nurturance, or SIN. Don't replace overeating with virtuous work or exercise; instead, make a list of things you… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
You have the freedom to live and let live, to love and let love. Granting yourself that freedom is one of the… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Fact: From quitting smoking to skiing, we succeed to the degree we try, fail, and learn. Studies show that people who worry… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
If you ask people, as I often do, how they make decisions, 'lucky' people will talk about tuning in to information and… — Martha Beck 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
In one century, we've added 28 years to our average life span - a change so rapid that our brains couldn't possibly have evolved… — Martha Beck 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 or fight… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
I was learning to track rhinoceroses in Africa and tracked right up on an animal that really I thought was going to kill me. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
There has never been, and never will be, anyone who sees, thinks, or responds exactly the way you do. Whether you’re revolutionizing physics or… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Most of my clients don't realize that the way they look and the way they think about their looks are two separate issues. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
The power to bring me out of solitude - or to push me back into it - had never belonged to another person. It… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Learning to quit while you're not ahead, when the dull ooze of depression tells you things are not going to get any better, is… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
The important thing is to tell yourself a life story in which you, the hero, are primarily a problem solver rather than a helpless… — 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 anything that… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Fear is the raw material from which courage is manufactured. Without it, we wouldn't even know what it means to be brave. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
