It seems to me at this moment that laughing is a serious thing, that it connects us with truth and love and… — Martha Beck And love Copy Share Image
“This is their journey. I’ll have my time to go through xyz, but now is not my time. Everyone gets their time.” — Martha Beck Journey Copy Share Image
The only map of your right life is written on your soul at its most peaceful, and the only sure compass is… — Martha Beck Compass Copy Share Image
My anguish came from my hypothesis that other people's hypothetical hypotheses about me mattered. Ridiculous! — Martha Beck Anguish 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
If you're totally sedentary and eat 2,500 calories a day, don't instantly go to 1,200 calories and hours of aerobics - your… — Martha Beck Aerobic Copy Share Image
Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is. — Martha Beck Angel Copy Share Image
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
Humans only really learn from each other by storytelling. We didn't evolve to memorize things. We evolved to hear each other's stories… — Martha Beck Evolve 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
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
Many of us have spent a lifetime trying to be what were not, feeling lousy about ourselves when we fail, and sometimes… — Martha Beck Collaborate Copy Share Image
Your life is not little, and your playing small doesn’t serve the world. Your living large, on the other hand-your being your… — Martha Beck Being your true self Copy Share Image
Just one mental shift-focusing on the abundance of your environment-switches your psychological settings so that your life automatically improves in many areas… — Martha Beck Abundance 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 Asks 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 idea is to identify a destructive thought pattern, then simply label it and watch it and let it pass by whenever… — Martha Beck Destructive Copy Share Image
Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe… — Martha Beck Angel Copy Share Image
I want you to notice is that-right here, right now-you’re okay. You may be in pain, you may be in fear, you… — Martha Beck Fear Copy Share Image
You will know how to stop suffering as soon as suffering ceases to be valuable. If you are in pain, you are… — Martha Beck Cease Copy Share Image
I don't believe that there are no spiritual beings around us. I don't know what to call them, I don't know how… — Martha Beck Around 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 cannot count the times I've been defeated, humiliated, or physically injured immediately after saying the words, 'Hey, how hard can it… — Martha Beck After Copy Share Image
Polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing and solving our real… — Martha Beck Appearance 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
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
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
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
My deep belief is that all of us have the same lifelong work: to learn honesty, courage, and love. To learn, in… — Martha Beck And love 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
Somewhere in there, among the worries, questions, advice and advertising jingles, lives your intuition, your true 'inner voice.' You can hear it… — Martha Beck Advertising 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
Fact: From quitting smoking to skiing, we succeed to the degree we try, fail, and learn. Studies show that people who worry… — Martha Beck About Copy Share Image
When fear makes your choices for you, no security measures on earth will keep the things you dread from finding you. But… — Martha Beck Avoidance Copy Share Image
Indecision may come from an instinctive hunch that there's more you need to know - which means it's time to learn everything… — Martha Beck About 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
“Finally, Karen Gerdes is the gentle force that put me back together after the events of my life tore me apart, and… — Martha Beck Karen Copy Share Image
Life is full of tough decisions, and nothing makes them easy. But the worst ones are really your personal koans, and tormenting… — Martha Beck Ambivalence Copy Share Image
