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“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

“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 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

“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