Health - Mental
Maintenance and healing
Health - Mental
Logotherapy tries to make the patient fully aware of his own responsibleness; therefore, it must leave to him the option for what, to what, or to whom he understands himself to be responsible.
Viktor E. Frankl • Man's Search for Meaning
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Richard Meadows • Optionality: How to Survive and Thrive in a Volatile World
There is no self that will survive a real conversation.
On Being • David Whyte — Seeking Language Large Enough
By their questions and their attention, their careful probing and investigative stealth, the therapist tries – harder than anyone may yet have done – to discover how our presenting problem might be related to the rest of our existence and, in particular, to the turmoils of childhood. Over many sessions, a succession of small discoveries contributes
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Humans unfortunately make being human exceptionally hard for each other,
Sonya Renee Taylor • The Body Is Not an Apology
The more clear you become about who you are, what you want, and what makes you tick emotionally, the better a relationship partner you will be.
Tristan Taormino • Opening Up: A Guide To Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
"there's a difference between executive dysfunction and laziness. If you really were lazy, you'd be enjoying yourself you wouldn't be feeling sick to your stomach with shame, guilt, and anxiety