Deb Schell

“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.”
― Ayelet Baron, F*ck the Bucket List for the Soul: Discover the Wonder of You

“It’s far from easy, but we can start trusting the currents of life: swimming upstream and downstream with curiosity and grace. We have to be honest—not just about what we want, but what we are actually prepared to create. Every person who takes action to create a healthier life for ourselves shifts the collective environment.”
― Ayelet Baron, F*ck the Bucket List for the Soul: Discover the Wonder of You

“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.”
― Zelana Montminy, 21 Days to Resilience: How to Transcend the Daily Grind, Deal with the Tough Stuff, and Discover Your Strongest Self

“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.”
― Cynthia Kane, Talk to Yourself Like a Buddhist: Five Mindful Practices to Silence Negative Self-Talk