Acceptance is the only way out of hell.
Nothing about us without us.
The power of community to create health is far greater than any physician, clinic or hospital.
Cognitive therapy seeks to alleviate psychological stresses by correcting faulty conceptions and self-signals. By correcting erroneous beliefs we can lower excessive reactions.
Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.
Love yourself like your life depends on it, because it does.
Happiness is the overall experience of pleasure and meaning.
Every morning you have a choice. Are you going to be a positive thinker or a negative thinker? Positive thinking will energize you.
The parent-child connection is the most powerful mental health intervention known to mankind.
Information is the lifeblood of medicine and health information technology is destined to be the circulatory system for that information.
The more healthy relationships a child has, the more likely he will be to recover from trauma and thrive. Relationships are the agents of change and the most powerful therapy is human love.
If the only thing people learned was not to be afraid of their experience, that alone would change the world.
Your health and well being should be your number one priority, nothing else is more important.
Still the mind. Inhale peace. Let go of worries. Exhale stress. Notice the breath. Connect to all. Embrace calm.
If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.
Burnout is what happens when you try to avoid being human for too long.
Every day is another chance to get stronger, to eat better, to live healthier, and to be the best version of you.
It is hard to be happy without a life worth living. This is a fundamental tenet of DBT. Of course, all lives are worth living in reality. No life is not worth living. But what is important is that you experience your life as worth living – one that is satisfying, and one that brings happiness.
This is a moment of suffering. Suffering is part of life. May I be kind to myself in this moment. May I give myself the compassion I need.
Self-compassion is a way of emotionally recharging our batteries. Rather than becoming drained by helping others, self-compassion allows us to fill up our internal reserves, so that we have more to give to those who need us.