We will be in tune with our bodies only if we truly love and honor them. We can't be in good communication with the enemy.
Harriet LernerFear is a message - sometimes helpful, sometimes not - but often conveying critical information about our beliefs, our needs, and our relationship to the world around us.
Harriet LernerWe commonly confuse closeness with sameness and view intimacy as the merging of two separate I's into one worldview.
Harriet LernerWe begin to change the dynamic of our relationships as we are able to share our reactions to others without holding them responsible for causing our feelings, and without blaming ourselves for the reactions that other people have in response to our choices & actions. We are responsible for our own behavior and we are not responsible for other people's reactions; nor are they responsible for ours.
Harriet Lerner