Health - Mental
Maintenance and healing
Health - Mental
Non-dual thinking:
Sometimes the answer isn't this OR that but this AND that.
Hard work AND rest
Stability AND change
Acceptance AND problem solving
Independence AND interdependence
Ruggedness AND Flexibility
Caring deeply AND non-attachment
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To begin to get free of the self-critical voice, ask yourself if it is helping or hindering you in building the kind of life that you want for yourself. Is it helping you realize your dreams? Does its input give you strength to persevere? Does it give you productive new ideas that really make things better?
Lindsay C. Gibson • Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: Honor Your Emotions, Nurture Your Self, and Live with Confidence
Therapists who are trained to see people as complex human beings with multiple characteristics and potentialities can help them explore their system of inner parts and take care of the wounded facets of themselves.
Bessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
grief is not a problem to be solved or a malady to be cured. It’s a sacred reality to be entered.
Mirabai Starr • Grieving Together
Ask culture and guess culture are vastly different in behavior and expectations. Here are some highlights:
Ask culture expectations
Ask culture expectations
- Ask for what you want, even if it seems out of reach or like a big unreasonable request
- Take care of your own needs, and others will take care of theirs
- It’s fine to make requests that people will probably say no to
- People