Taming Your Gremlin Quotes

“I free myself not by trying to be free, but by simply noticing how I am imprisoning myself in the very moment I am imprisoning myself”
― Rick Carson, Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way

“Your physical body and this life force have come together to form the entity that answers to your name. They are joined by your breath. Breathing is worth noticing and appreciating.”
― Rick Carson, Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way

“freedom inherent in choosing to be together rather than needing to be together. This slight shift in the flavor of the relationship allows people the space to begin really loving one another”
― Rick Carson, Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way

“Would you feel better inside if someone said to you that they really “need” you, or if they said, “I really love you and I want to be with you?”
― Rick Carson, Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way

“We are all, to some extent, actors. We act in order to get what we want and need from the world.”
― Rick Carson, Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way

“Even if you become a very fine actor, if you are inordinately attached to your act, you will notice that you feel empty much of the time, for you will realize that the critics’ acclaim and the loud applause from your audience are offered in response to your act rather than to the natural you.”
― Rick Carson, Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way

“sadness and depression are very different experiences. Sadness is a natural response to certain stimuli. It often results in tears and full breathing. It can be a powerful, rich, enlivening experience. Depression, on the other hand, is often the result of blocking sadness, or of blocking anger.”
― Rick Carson, Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way

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― Rick Carson, Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way

“When we are depressed, we have a sense of being deadened and blocked. When we fully experience our sadness, we may not feel on top of the world, but we will feel very much alive and may even have a sense of wellbeing. Most importantly, when we experience our emotions fully, we will eventually move through them to a new feeling space. On the other hand, if we avoid our emotions, we tend to stay stuck in a particular emotional state.”
― Rick Carson, Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way

“you will never get your ducks in a row.”
― Rick Carson, Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way