Deb Schell
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our negative self-talk is the result of holding ourselves to impossible standards.
“judgment often occurs in the mind whether we want it to or not, and that it's far more helpful to examine the origin of our judgments and see what beliefs we are holding that are supporting these judgments and giving rise to the subsequent negative self-talk.”
― Talk to Yourself Like a Buddhist: Five Mindful Practices to Silence Negative Self-Talk
― Talk to Yourself Like a Buddhist: Five Mindful Practices to Silence Negative Self-Talk
“People who are resilient are okay with sitting in the negative, feeling real sadness, experiencing the gamut of emotions. Truly resilient people know that a huge part of the process is accepting the bad feelings that come with adversity, not trying to escape them. You experience them, learn from them, and fight back. You grow from them. They strengthen you. You realize that avoidance and fear are weaknesses. You embrace the negative and let it empower you to persevere. You have figured out how to make weaknesses into strengths. Resilient people are optimistic while also accepting their range of emotions.”
― 21 Days to Resilience: How to Transcend the Daily Grind, Deal with the Tough Stuff, and Discover Your Strongest Self
― 21 Days to Resilience: How to Transcend the Daily Grind, Deal with the Tough Stuff, and Discover Your Strongest Self
“With love resonating through our souls, we are capable of energizing and enlivening those around us with startling power. This energy makes us beautiful to all, even to those who are so concerned with themselves that they can barely see what is right in front of them. This energy gives us access to every power that humans have to create connection with one another: caring, patience, thoughtfulness, kindness, compassion, empathy. It also gives us the charge to lead, activating within us the one virtue needed to unify humankind: courage of the heart.”
― The Motivation Manifesto: 9 Declarations to Claim Your Personal Power
― The Motivation Manifesto: 9 Declarations to Claim Your Personal Power
“We work hard—and harder still. And when stress or burnout or the reality of an economy that only works for a few becomes too much to bear? We step back, knowing we weren't good enough or strong enough. We didn't want it bad enough. We didn't think the right thoughts or manifest the right results. We blame ourselves because that's what we've been taught to do.”
― What Works: A Comprehensive Framework to Change the Way We Approach Goal Setting
― What Works: A Comprehensive Framework to Change the Way We Approach Goal Setting
“When we’re constantly needing to defend our positions and worry about the choices we make, we get stuck in our problems. Our energy stagnates and we become more concerned about what others think than what our intuition is signaling to us. It doesn’t matter whether our resistance comes from external or internal judgment—the outcome tends to be the same. Fear of judgment or making wrong choices keeps us frozen in our problems. It keeps us stuck between two points, never moving forward to explore what lies beyond the horizon.”
― F*ck the Bucket List for the Soul: Discover the Wonder of You
― F*ck the Bucket List for the Soul: Discover the Wonder of You
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