“Stepping back from the Dictator and the Wild Child and becoming the Watcher is like thinking you’ve been stuck on a railroad track, able to move only backward and forward, and discovering that you had the capacity to fly all… — Martha N. Beck Copy Share Image
“it becomes a problem when we mistake the stories in our minds for The Truth.” — Martha N. Beck Copy Share Image
“Paradoxes haunt the lives of born wayfinders, driving them to seek resolutions to the apparent contradictions in their lives, enticing them into the world… — Martha N. Beck Copy Share Image
“Research has shown that focusing on appreciation and gratitude has all kinds of positive health effects, lowering indicators of disease-causing stress and increasing the… — Martha N. Beck Copy Share Image
“In any situation where our brains perceive extreme threat, the neocortex (the most recently evolved layer of the brain, which performs logical calculation) may… — Martha N. Beck Copy Share Image
“The only way to get out of this suicidal pattern is to leave the battlefield by going to the Watcher’s place of peace. EXERCISE:” — Martha N. Beck Copy Share Image
“In this chapter, we’ll picture these rule-making and rule-breaking parts of you as humans. Tiny humans. We’ll call them the Dictator and the Wild… — Martha N. Beck Copy Share Image
“Career miracles happen when you’re so in love with your life that pushing yourself is actually easier than stopping, when you “do without doing.”… — Martha N. Beck Copy Share Image
“Emotions are virtually always responses to thoughts. That’s great news, because while it’s impossible to control an emotion once a thought has triggered it,… — Martha N. Beck Copy Share Image
“It’s been said that the entire philosophical foundation of Zen is contained in three small words: “Not always so.” If you want to stop… — Martha N. Beck Copy Share Image
“The good news is that you can step off the battlefield any time. You do this by aligning yourself with the Watcher part of… — Martha N. Beck Copy Share Image
“The urge to find the real facts is destructive only to people or systems (friendships, family dynamics, political dynasties) that are based on lies.… — Martha N. Beck Copy Share Image
“research on meditation does indicate that staying in a compassionate mode toward one’s self removes brain activity from zones that trigger flight, fight, and… — Martha N. Beck Copy Share Image
“according to some medical psychologists, it’s physiologically impossible for your mind to stay locked in a war of control when you’re engaging its ability… — Martha N. Beck Copy Share Image
“As any good Buddhist will tell you, the only way to find permanent joy is by embracing the fact that nothing is permanent. Chapters… — Martha N. Beck Copy Share Image
“When you find yourself stressed, tense, and veering toward anxiety eating, take a time-out for just three breaths. Long, deep breaths.” — Martha N. Beck Copy Share Image
