To care for someone can mean to adore them, feed them, tend their wounds. But care can also signify sorrow, as in… — Martha Beck Acceptance Copy Share Image
If you feel stuck in your present life, if you feel no enthusiasm for anything, if you think you have no purpose… — Martha Beck Dungeons Copy Share Image
All mental hygiene is based on the core practice of doing nothing. Most of us are good at wasting time, staring at… — Martha Beck Active Copy Share Image
I had a client who was a professional baseball player once, and he would go to clubs and dance for seven, eight,… — Martha Beck Amazing Copy Share Image
Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury. — Martha Beck Dating Copy Share Image
To live a life that is wrong for you is a form of dying. There are people who have lives that look… — Martha Beck Believe Copy Share Image
It takes about four days of virtuous living to create a little weight loss. That also happens to be the time required… — Martha Beck About Copy Share Image
To be really productive, it's as important to rest when we're tired as it is to work when we're inspired. — Martha Beck Important Copy Share Image
The process of spotting fear and refusing to obey it is the source of all true empowerment. — Martha Beck Empowerment Copy Share Image
A lot of my clients say they don't deserve to mope about their sad little memories while children are starving in India.… — Martha Beck Arms Copy Share Image
People don’t cry when they lose their hope. They cry when they get it back. — Martha Beck Cry Copy Share Image
Heading towards that inner home will take you places-both inside yourself and in the external world-which your heart will recognize as its… — Martha Beck Environment Copy Share Image
“...they needed someone to explain, to spin, the parts of the tale that couldn't be suppressed. Someone reputable and educated. Someone brilliant… — Martha Beck Abuse Copy Share Image
Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young. — Martha Beck Children Copy Share Image
Even if you can be the world's best at one thing, you'll be the world's worst at something else. Supermodels make pathetic… — Martha Beck Best Copy Share Image
In fact, when care appears, unconditional love often vanishes. — Martha Beck Appears 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
Don't fight fearful thoughts. Just match each one with an alternative thought that brings you more peace. — Martha Beck Alternatives Copy Share Image
At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things… — Martha Beck Admitting Copy Share Image
Most unhappy people need to learn just one lesson: how to see themselves through the lens of genuine compassion, and treat themselves… — Martha Beck Compassion Copy Share Image
Bad habits fill needs, so find good alternatives for them. — Martha Beck Alternatives 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 Break Copy Share Image
