Martha Beck Quotes

• No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth.

  Martha Beck

• My own nature hovers between neurotic and paranoid. I’ve developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the future. I do it every day.

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• Most of my clients don’t realize that the way they look and the way they think about their looks are two separate issues.

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• Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact.

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• In one century, we’ve added 28 years to our average life span – a change so rapid that our brains couldn’t possibly have evolved to accommodate it.

  Martha Beck

• If you’re religious, it gives you a perspective.

  Martha Beck

• If you’re living completely on your own, break out of solitary confinement. Seek to understand others, and help them understand you.

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• If you want to end your isolation, you must be honest about what you want at a core level and decide to go after it.

  Martha Beck

• I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.

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• I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed to Asian philosophy early in my life.

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• I have come to believe that there are infinite passageways out of the shadows, infinite vehicles to transport us into the light.

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• I don’t believe that there are no spiritual beings around us. I don’t know what to call them, I don’t know how they work. But I know they’re there.

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• I always felt that it was my job to try to help other people get it and deal with it.

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• Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.

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• Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is.

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• Every day brings new choices.

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• Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self.

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• Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they’re young.

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• Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals.

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• Basic human contact – the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words – is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you’re feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

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Martha Beck (69)

Birth:	29th November, 1962
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Coach, Sociologist

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