True freedom starts with absolute honesty. The moment you call a problem by its real name, youโre already learning how to make it less harmful.
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 BeckRemember that itโs okay to ask for help when youโre stumped, because sometimes you really canโt be expected to handle everything alone.
Martha BeckConnecting with the people who are meant to be part of your own North Star is much more important than any aspect of business. It's the essence of happiness, the full realization of your potential for joy.
Martha BeckThe effect of emotional venting is to sustain an unsatisfactory status quo. Most people think the opposite, that complaining is part of an effort to change an unsatisfying situation. Nope. Complaining lets off pressure so that we neither explode with frustration nor feel compelled to take the often risky steps of openly opposing a difficult person or situation. Keeping emotional pressure tolerably low doesn't change problematic circumstances but rather perpetuates them.
Martha Beck