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“We need to gain compassion, love, and acceptance (for ourselves and others) and to let go of loathing, judgment, criticism, anger, and hate (for ourselves and others).”
― Michael Smith, Mindfulness Meditations for Anxiety: 100 Simple Practices to Find Peace Right Now

“What actually shifts, lessens, and dissolves troubling emotions and physical experiences is the mindful awareness of them in the moment.”
― Michael Smith, Mindfulness Meditations for Anxiety: 100 Simple Practices to Find Peace Right Now

“We believe that if we can only understand the problem, then it will be solved.”
― Michael Smith, Mindfulness Meditations for Anxiety: 100 Simple Practices to Find Peace Right Now

“Research on neuroplasticity indicates that the human brain does not go into decline after a few decades of life, as was originally thought, but can change and evolve throughout adulthood and even into old age.”
― Michael Smith, Mindfulness Meditations for Anxiety: 100 Simple Practices to Find Peace Right Now

“A smaller amygdala is associated with fewer strong emotional responses such as anxiety and “fight or flight.”
― Michael Smith, Mindfulness Meditations for Anxiety: 100 Simple Practices to Find Peace Right Now

“Don’t let your imagination be crushed by life as a whole. Don’t try to picture everything bad that could possibly happen. Stick with the situation at hand, and ask, “Why is this so unbearable? Why can’t I endure it?” You’ll be embarrassed to answer. Then remind yourself that past and future have no power over you. Only the present—and even that can be minimized. Just mark off its limits. And if your mind tries to claim that it can’t hold out against that … well, then, heap shame upon it.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“People find pleasure in different ways. I find it in keeping my mind clear. In not turning away from people or the things that happen to them. In accepting and welcoming everything I see. In treating each thing as it deserves.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations