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“maintain a sense of self-worth, we need to understand that our worthiness as a human being is not dependent on living mistake-free.”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

“those who feel more confident tend to have a more outward focus of attention, leading with a curiosity for other people.”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

“Reminding yourself that being imperfect, making mistakes or failing is all a part of being human. Making friends with your fallibility means that when you do fail you don’t have to feel worthless. You can use each experience to your advantage by learning from”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

“The best kind of friends know they cannot fix things for us. But they stand strong by our side through the whole thing.”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

“Every time we cut something out of our lives because of fear, life shrinks a little.”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

“Your brain learns like a scientist. Each time it has an experience, positive or negative, it clocks that as evidence for its beliefs.”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

“Imagine if, over the next five years, you made your decisions based on the life you want to have, instead of fear.”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

“The brain naturally wants to focus on threatening information because its job is to keep us safe.”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

“you are the expert of your own experience.”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

“Being mindful is about the practice of paying attention to the present moment and observing sensations as they come and go, without getting caught up in those sensations or struggling against them. It means staying open and curious to experience without judgement and without rushing in to attach meaning to them. Meditation allows us to practise mindfulness formally.”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

“Mindfulness is not ultimate, unbroken concentration. It is the process of noticing when your mind shifts its focus and intentionally choosing to redirect that focus back to the present moment.”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

“What does that is the everyday details of your repeated behaviours that keep you moving forward in that direction.”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

“the anxiously attached partner can practise creating a sense of safeness independently from their partner by building their sense of self and learning to soothe themselves. The partner can help this by providing more consistent connection without waiting for the other person to ask for it. So these are things we can work on both individually and as a couple.”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

“One of the fundamental aspects of therapy that creates a solid foundation for the ability to self-reflect and work on change is the creation of a relationship in which there is acceptance, non-judgement and unconditional positive regard.”
― Julie Smith, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

“We must change our mind-set from one of self-improvement to one of self-liberation. Self-liberation means freedom from our limiting beliefs, our misguided idea that there is something wrong with us that needs to be “fixed.” Our constant attempts to “get it right” and to be “perfect” leave us in a state of exhaustion, never resting in the present moment, never happy with who we are.”
― Shauna Shapiro, Good Morning, I Love You: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Practices to Rewire Your Brain for Calm, Clarity, and Joy

“Mindfulness practice is not about creating or changing anything about your experience. It is changing the way you relate to your experience by adding the resonance of intention, attention, and attitude.”
― Shauna Shapiro, Good Morning, I Love You: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Practices to Rewire Your Brain for Calm, Clarity, and Joy

“Darling, I am angry at you, I suffer very much, I want you to know it.” “I am doing my best to deal with my suffering.” “Please help.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child

“appeal to the best in ourselves in order to deal with the situation. We don’t just react and allow our anger, our violence to cause more suffering.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child

“When how you appear is who you are, you are truly free.”
― Joe Dispenza, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One