Uncle Si Quote by Sue Johnson

When love doesn't work, we hurt. Indeed, “hurt feelings” is a precisely accurate phrase, according to psychologist Naomi Eisenberger of the University of California.…

— Sue Johnson

“Louise Hawkley, of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago, calculates that loneliness raises blood pressure to the point…

— Sue Johnson

“If you know your loved one is there and will come when you call, you are more confident of your worth, your value. And…

— Sue Johnson

The most functional way to regulate difficult emotions in love relationships is to share them.

— Sue Johnson

“Sociologist James House of the University of Michigan declares that emotional isolation is a more dangerous health risk than smoking or high blood pressure,…

— Sue Johnson

Love has an immense ability to help heal the devastating wounds that life sometimes deals us. Love also enhances our sense of connection to…

— Sue Johnson

“Love can begin in a thousand ways-with a glance, a stare, a whisper or smile, a compliment, or an insult. It continues with caresses…

— Sue Johnson

“Sociologist James House of the University of Michigan declares that emotional isolation is a more dangerous health risk than smoking or high blood pressure,…

— Sue Johnson

“Emotional Responsiveness— The Key to a Lifetime of Love A person’s “heart withers if it does not answer another heart.” —Pearl S. Buck Tim”

— Sue Johnson

Naming an emotion begins the process of regulating it and reflecting on it.

— Sue Johnson

“Sitting, years later, watching the last of the ice finally melting on our lake one morning in early April and hearing my husband and…

— Sue Johnson

“what happens when trauma survivors stay emotionally shut down? Trauma’s echoes cannot dissipate. The continuing reverberations gradually erode connection and trust with loved ones.…

— Sue Johnson