Don't expect the future to look like the past. Clear away expectations, and let yourself picture a wild, grand new world. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
If your life is cloudy and you're far, far off course, you may have to go on faith for a while, but… — Martha Beck 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
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
“If you see failure as a monster stalking you, or one that has already ruined your life, take another look. That monster… — Martha Beck 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 Copy Share Image
The way we can allow ourselves to do what we need to, no matter what others may say or do, is to… — 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… — Martha Beck Africa Copy Share Image
“It was the first time I had spoken to them directly. In doing so, I felt myself cross a fine but very… — Martha Beck Fear 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
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 Copy Share Image
The pretty girls get all the good stuff. Oh, God. So not true. I unlearned this after years of coaching beautiful clients.… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Emotional discomfort, when accepted, rises, crests and falls in a series of waves. Each wave washes a part of us away and… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
“Memory…is not the mechanical recording device people often think it is. Memory is anything but constant, anything but indubitable. It shifts and… — Martha Beck Memory Copy Share Image
I am free, and always have been; free to accept my own reality, free to trust my perceptions, free to believe what… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
This is the part of us that makes our brief, improbable little lives worth living: the ability to reach through our own… — Martha Beck Ability Copy Share Image
Anything you're trying to will is focused on the future; it's always associated with some sort of anxiety that makes the present… — Martha Beck Anxiety Copy Share Image
Realizing that we've surrendered our self-esteem to others and choosing to be accountable for our own self-worth would mean absorbing the terrifying… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
“...Refusing to feel desire is the only thing more painful than failing to get what you want, and that learning not to… — Martha Beck Desire 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
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 heart is a tender but hardy organ. Daring to have a wonderful experience, even though you may get hurt, is the… — Martha Beck Daring 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
My deep belief is that all of us have the same lifelong work: to learn honesty, courage, and love. To learn, in… — Martha Beck 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 Copy Share Image
Many people think passion is a fuzzy feeling that makes taking action effortless. In fact, it's the gritty courage and tenacity to… — Martha Beck Action 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
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
Bracketing has turned all my experiences, remembered and present, into a gallery of miracles where I wander around dazzled by the beauty… — Martha Beck Beauty Copy Share Image
Imagination is the doorway you walk through into every future moment. Are you walking through doorways to pain or to joy? — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Do whatever work feeds your true self, even if it’s not a safe bet, even if it’s like a crazy risk, even… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
The most common reason we stumble into the delusion of powerlessness is that we're afraid of what other people would do or… — Martha Beck 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 Copy Share Image
“Try seeing your world and yourself this way, eyes open to whatever is before you, mind free of dichotomies. Are you good… — Martha Beck Dichotomy 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
Trying to motivate yourself with fear is like screaming at a child, “Do something, dammit!” You’ll either freeze up or act in… — Martha Beck Children 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… — Martha Beck Differences 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 Children Copy Share Image
Self-improvement books, friends, and polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing,… — Martha Beck 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
