Health - Mental
Maintenance and healing
Health - Mental
A leading indicator of personal growth is how curious you are able to be with all your emotions - especially the ones you weren't allowed to feel as a kid.
Joe Hudson • Tweet
American psychologist Mary Ainsworth, demonstrates that secure attachment contributes to long-term success in health, relationships, and careers. It’s a greater predictor of success than conventional measures such as IQ. And of course, insecure attachment goes the other way. None of this should come as a surprise. For children, the primary relation
... See moreFrank Forencich • The Art is Long: Big Health and the New Warrior Activist
Once people do not trust themselves, they are subject to easy manipulation.
Joel Kramer • The Guru Papers
Frightened adults respond to the same comforts as terrified children: gentle holding and rocking and the assurance that somebody bigger and stronger is taking care of things, so you can safely go to sleep.
Bessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
The person with healthy attachment does not worry they will be abandoned or forgotten because they know others will think of them even while they are apart and will make decisions with their wellbeing in mind. They do not worry when disagreements arise because they know they are connected at a deeper level. Mistakes aren’t feared because the attach
... See moreAdam Smith • Slaying Your Fear: A guide for people who grapple with insecurity
In the camps, survivors:
• Imagined teaching others about their experience
• Found beauty in small moments
• Helped fellow prisoners
"Everything can be taken except one freedom:
To choose one's attitude in any circumstance." https://t.co/mxxSkvzXEr
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