The foundation for our self-image is grounded in the first three years of life. It comes from our major caretaker's mirroring.
We move from the illusion of certainty, to the certainty of illusion
I have never met an aggressive person who wasn’t a fearful person.
It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers -- they help us to learn.
There are plenty of quacks in the field. Fewer than you'd expect, though still plenty (in alternative medicine).
The most paradoxical aspect of neurotic shame is that it is the core motivator of the superachieved and the underachieved, the star and the scapegoat, the righteous and the wretched, the powerful and the pathetic.