The Gift of Our Compulsions Quotes

“Compulsions are intricate survival systems that we create because we don’t know how to be there for ourselves.”
― Mary O'Malley, The Gift of Our Compulsions: A Revolutionary Approach to Self-Acceptance and Healing

“Our compulsions serve two functions: the first is to keep unacceptable feelings buried deeply within so we can be numb enough to survive, and the second is to bring us comfort.”
― Mary O'Malley, The Gift of Our Compulsions: A Revolutionary Approach to Self-Acceptance and Healing

“Understanding that we create our compulsions to take care of ourselves is essential in transforming our relationship to them.”
― Mary O'Malley, The Gift of Our Compulsions: A Revolutionary Approach to Self-Acceptance and Healing

“We live in a story in our heads that is always trying to get us to 'do' life, telling us we need to make ourselves and our lives better or different from what they are. In our endless trying, we have forgotten how to be.”
― Mary O'Malley, The Gift of Our Compulsions: A Revolutionary Approach to Self-Acceptance and Healing

“As you get to know what takes you away from life, you have more moments throughout the day where your mind, body and heart are all right here, and you discover a reverence for all beings and things.”
― Mary O'Malley, The Gift of Our Compulsions: A Revolutionary Approach to Self-Acceptance and Healing