Feelings Quote by Harriet Lerner Download Open image “Feeling inadequate is an occupational hazard of motherhood.” — Harriet Lerner ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Feeling Inadequate Feelings Hazards Inadequate Motherhood Occupational hazards
The risk for a woman who considers her helpless children her "job" is that the children's growth toward self-sufficiency may be experienced as a… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin Copy Share Image
Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
Mothers suffer in the workplace. That fact is by now so painfully familiar it even has a name: the motherhood penalty. — Alissa Quart Copy Share Image
I always thought of myself as inadequate. Kids of divorced parents always feel that way - that, on some subconscious level, they're responsible. — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
To be a mother you must be strong. Even if you don't feel it, you have to pretend. — Sade Adu Copy Share Image
More than in any other human relationship, overwhelmingly more, motherhood means being instantly interruptible, responsive, and responsible — Tillie Olsen Copy Share Image
Mother' is not just about the physical mother but the fact of needing to be mothered, needing to have something that surrounded me. — Goldie Copy Share Image
Working mothers are just as likely to want to conform to a standard of perfection and just as likely to suffer from their failure… — Melinda M Marshall Copy Share Image
Being a mother adds an enormous amount of stress to your life. You need to make sure you're there for everything. — Kate Spade Copy Share Image
Motherhood is an essential, difficult, and full-time job. Women who do not wish to be mothers should not have babies. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“Letting go of anger and hate requires us to give up the hope for a different past, along with the hope of a fantasized… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
“There’s a widespread belief that if you have solid self-esteem you don’t need outside affirmation and praise. This is patently untrue, by the way.” — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
It is an act of courage to acknowledge our own uncertainty and sit with it for a while. — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
Nothing you say can ensure that the other person will get it, or respond the way you want. You may never exceed his threshold… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
If you exchanged wedding vows, tape them to your bathroom mirror and read them aloud to yourself every morning along with the ritual brushing… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
Kids want nothing more than for all the important adults in their life to get along. — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
“People's sense of self worth is pivotal to their ability to look clearly at the hurt they've caused. The more solid one's sense of… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
Being able to make a sincere apology - one that says, "Yes, I get it; I screwed up. Your feelings make sense, and I'm… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
“Everyone freaks out. Sometimes the best we can do with fear is befriend it. Expect it and understand that fear will always reappear. Eventually… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
The bolder and more courageous you are, the more you will learn about yourself. — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
Underground issues from one relationship or context invariably fuel our fires in another. — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
I have a strong feeling about this quick movement and changing of society and populations growing - something scary. — Hiroshi Sugimoto Copy Share Image
Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a… — Janice Kaplan Copy Share Image
We never realize the importance of any our action until we be the hunt of same situation in reaction. — Fadi Copy Share Image
Sometimes we wish for the feel but we never understand that we have to give a lot to get the feel ! — Robert Reynolds Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
My feeling has always been that 'Good Eats' would have never happened had it been left to a committee. — Alton Brown Copy Share Image
Jobs and money are never the primary cause of stress. Thinking, negative thinking causes stress. The real cause of all problems lie in our… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
If someone really loves you, no matter how many other people they meet, their feelings for you wouldn't change. A real lover cant be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
“I urge you: don't cut short these thought-trains of yours. Follow them through to their end. Your thoughts and your feelings. Follow them through… — J.M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
If the media is sending girls the message that their value lies in their bodies, this can only leave them feeling disempowered and distract… — Jennifer Siebel Newsom Copy Share Image
Good girls don't hurt other people's feelings. Good girls are not overly aggressive, competitive, or boastful. Good girls please others. But what good girls… — Susan Jane Gilman Copy Share Image
