Addiction, self-sabotage, procrastination, laziness, rage, chronic fatigue, and depression are all ways that we withhold our full participation in the program of life we are offered. When the conscious mind cannot find a reason to say no, the unconscious says no in its own way.
Your brain at positive is 31% more productive than your brain at negative, neutral or stressed.
It’s OK to not be OK – just don’t stay there.
The good life is using your signature strengths every day to produce authentic happiness and abundant gratification.
If there is no peace in the minds of individuals, how can there be peace in the world? Make peace in your own mind first.
Go after what it is that creates meaning in your life and then trust yourself to handle the stress that follows.
We may not be responsible for the world that created our minds, but we can take responsibility for the mind with which we create our world.
Radical acceptance rests on letting go of the illusion of control and a willingness to notice and accept things as they are right now, without judging.
Acceptance is the only way out of hell.
Nothing about us without us.
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.
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.
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.