If you're a bit spongy, vulnerable to the unsettling energy of others, count yourself lucky. You've been given an incentive to armor up, to consciously screen out the ubiquitous stresses that afflict humanity.
Martha BeckStandards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look.
Martha BeckExternal circumstances do not create feeling states. Feeling states create external circumstances.
Martha BeckPain is like a life coach in your body. Itโs what made me a life coach because I started paying a lot of attention to what made me hurt and what didnโt. It turned out my body was trying to steer me away from a life that was absolutely wrong for me and into a life that was absolutely wonderful.
Martha Beck