Love is a universal force, like gravity, that holds the solar system together and pours into our hearts as life-force - and gets expressed to us most beautifully by small children and animals.
Christiane NorthrupScience must acknowledge truthfully how much it doesn't know and leave room for mystery, miracles, and the wisdom of nature.
Christiane NorthrupI keep my center by [surrounding] myself with like-minded people who I can call and visit with and simply be with.
Christiane NorthrupFeeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.
Christiane NorthrupThose who think of themselves as healthy are indeed healthy - no matter what is really going on with their bodies.
Christiane NorthrupThe Greatest Pregnancy Ever is a treasure. It should be the very first thing a pregnant woman reads - in fact, every woman who intends to have a baby will be thrilled with the empowering message here.
Christiane NorthrupConsciousness creates the body. Our bodies are made up of dynamic energy systems that are affected by our diets, relationships, heredity, and culture and the interplay of all these factors and activities... We cannot hope to reclaim our bodily wisdom and inherent ability to create health without first understanding the influence of our society on how we think about and care for our bodies.
Christiane NorthrupShame is, hands down, the most uncomfortable feeling. And, because it produces continuous amounts of inflammatory chemicals in the body, it is also a health risk.
Christiane NorthrupIf you have a headache every Monday morning when it is time for you to go to work, perhaps you're driving the wrong car, perhaps you're taking the wrong route, or you may be in the wrong line of work. Obviously, only you can figure out the message.
Christiane NorthrupOur desires are the way that the healing life force comes through us and replenishes our bodies.
Christiane NorthrupNothing in our society-with the exception of violence and fear-has been more effective in keeping women in their place than the degradation of the menstrual cycle.
Christiane NorthrupWhen you move toward that which is most fulfilling and life-enhancing, healing follows regardless of what your health is like in that moment.
Christiane NorthrupMy body and its condition are a barometer that is always trying to tell me which direction to go for my maximum creativity, health and fulfillment. And, because I'm human, I get off track now and again but I can always get back on.
Christiane NorthrupLoving everything about yourself - even the 'unacceptable' - is an act of personal power. It is the beginning of healing.
Christiane NorthrupOur inner guidance comes to us through our feelings and body wisdom first - not through intellectual understanding. The intellect works best in service to our intuition, our inner guidance, soul, God or higher power - whichever term we choose for the spiritual energy that animates life.
Christiane NorthrupShame cannot exist in conditions of light, sunshine, and humor. So the very moment that you share your most shameful moments - and can learn to laugh about them - then the spell is lifted. And you, too, are free.
Christiane NorthrupLearning to love yourself should not become a life-long challenge that most of us never meet.
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