Sometimes a psychic tells you something and it feels wrong and others may be right on the money. It's your choice about whom to trust, and giving that trust is something we do ourselves. Sometimes a psychic tells you something and it feels wrong and others may be right on the money. It's your choice about whom to trust, and giving that trust is something we do ourselves. Martha Beck
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. 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. Martha Beck
Creating ways to be happy is your life's work, a challenge that won't end until you die. Creating ways to be happy is your life's work, a challenge that won't end until you die. Martha Beck
As soon as you think you know someone else's truth better than they do, you are in deep water. As soon as you think you know someone else's truth better than they do, you are in deep water. Martha Beck
The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations and you become available to experience things as they are. The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations and you become available to experience things as they are. Martha Beck
Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you. Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you. Martha Beck
I always felt that it was my job to try to help other people get it and deal with it. I always felt that it was my job to try to help other people get it and deal with it. Martha Beck
I practice staying calm all the time, beginning with situations that aren't tense. I practice staying calm all the time, beginning with situations that aren't tense. Martha Beck
Instead of fretting about getting everything done, why not simply accept that being alive means having things to do? Then drop into full engagement with whatever you're doing, and let the worry go. Instead of fretting about getting everything done, why not simply accept that being alive means having things to do? Then drop into full engagement with whatever you're doing, and let the worry go. Martha Beck
We evolved to move and to learn with all our five senses! We evolved to move and to learn with all our five senses! Martha Beck
Almost all my middle-aged and elderly acquaintances, including me, feel about 25, unless we haven't had our coffee, in which case we feel 107. Almost all my middle-aged and elderly acquaintances, including me, feel about 25, unless we haven't had our coffee, in which case we feel 107. Martha Beck
To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature. To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature. Martha Beck
My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what we think we know, we ignore or avoid evidence of anything that might change our mind. My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what we think we know, we ignore or avoid evidence of anything that might change our mind. Martha Beck
Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind. Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind. Martha Beck
At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture. At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture. Martha Beck
If you're living completely on your own, break out of solitary confinement. Seek to understand others, and help them understand you. If you're living completely on your own, break out of solitary confinement. Seek to understand others, and help them understand you. Martha Beck
We virtually never feel our age, but thinking that we should can lead to disaster. We virtually never feel our age, but thinking that we should can lead to disaster. Martha Beck
Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young. Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young. Martha Beck
Tiny steps will get you to your goal months and months sooner. A little is better than a lot. Tiny steps will get you to your goal months and months sooner. A little is better than a lot. Martha Beck
You get social pressure from your parents, who teach you to pay attention to certain things and not to others. You get it in school. You get social pressure from your parents, who teach you to pay attention to certain things and not to others. You get it in school. Martha Beck
Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise small children without the help of multiple adults, making for an unsupported life. Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise small children without the help of multiple adults, making for an unsupported life. Martha Beck
As much horror as we have always created, we are a species that keeps moving forward, seeing new sights in new ways, and enjoying the journey. As much horror as we have always created, we are a species that keeps moving forward, seeing new sights in new ways, and enjoying the journey. Martha Beck
People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures. People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures. Martha Beck
Bracketing has turned all my experiences, remembered and present, into a gallery of miracles where I wander around dazzled by the beauty of events I cannot explain. Bracketing has turned all my experiences, remembered and present, into a gallery of miracles where I wander around dazzled by the beauty of events I cannot explain. Martha Beck
I fell in love with Africa and began helping people fix things there. I fell in love with Africa and began helping people fix things there. Martha Beck
Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals. Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals. Martha Beck
Most of my clients don't realize that the way they look and the way they think about their looks are two separate issues. Most of my clients don't realize that the way they look and the way they think about their looks are two separate issues. Martha Beck
When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity. When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity. Martha Beck
Friends, there are many areas in which I need encouragement, but worrying is not one of them. I worry the way Renee Fleming sings high Cs: Effortlessly. Loudly. At length. Friends, there are many areas in which I need encouragement, but worrying is not one of them. I worry the way Renee Fleming sings high Cs: Effortlessly. Loudly. At length. Martha Beck
To make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing. To make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing. Martha Beck
