Painful events leave scars, true, but it turns out they're largely erasable. Jill Bolte Taylor, the neuroanatomist who had a stroke that… — Martha Beck Baggage 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 Exercise 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 Constructive Copy Share Image
To follow your life's guidance, you may have to reassign some seemingly important things to 'unimportant.' If you believe that pleasing your… — Martha Beck Battle 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… — Martha Beck Buddhism Copy Share Image
Stop fixating on stuff you can touch and start caring about stuff that touches you. — Martha Beck Caring Copy Share Image
A designated patient 'carries' the group's dysfunction. A designated issue performs the same service for an individual, dominating our psyches so that… — Martha Beck Carries Copy Share Image
The way to find your own North Star is not to think or feel your way forward but to dissolve the thoughts… — Martha Beck Blind Copy Share Image
The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations… — Martha Beck Asia Copy Share Image
Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation. — Martha Beck Allowing Copy Share Image
Comparing and contrasting is a valuable human skill - and not just during high school English exams. Our ability to rank-order things… — Martha Beck Ability Copy Share Image
I'm not saying we have power over everything in our lives - if that were true, my hair would look so, so… — Martha Beck Am Copy Share Image
When I tell a woman you really need to quit your soul-sucking job, she goes home, and she can tell her husband,… — Martha Beck Goes Copy Share Image
My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what we think… — Martha Beck Bias Copy Share Image
I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way. — Martha Beck Crisis Copy Share Image
Forcing yourself to think happy lies doesn't heal your dreams. Getting to the truth does. — Martha Beck Doe Copy Share Image
During the times we think we’re being “unproductive,” the seeds of new worlds are germinating within us, and they need peace to… — Martha Beck Grows Copy Share Image
The difference between success and failure isn't the absence of fear but the determination to pursue your heart's desires no matter how… — Martha Beck Absence Copy Share Image
My own nature hovers between neurotic and paranoid. I've developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the… — Martha Beck Day Copy Share Image
“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… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
True freedom starts with absolute honesty. The moment you call a problem by its real name, you’re already learning how to make… — Martha Beck Absolutes 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
The repercussions of one person living in stubborn gladness are incalculable. — Martha Beck Gladness Copy Share Image
For the vast majority of world history, human life - both culture and biology - was shaped by scarcity. Food, clothing, shelter,… — Martha Beck Biology Copy Share Image
