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This is why the protection of self-esteem requires a clear understanding of the limits of volitional responsibility. Where there is no power, there can be no responsibility, and where there is no responsibility, there can be no reasonable self-reproach. Regret, yes; guilt, no.
Nathaniel Branden • Honoring the Self: The Pyschology of Confidence and Respect
Adlerian psychology is a psychology of courage. Your unhappiness cannot be blamed on your past or your environment. And it isn’t that you lack competence. You just lack courage. One might say you are lacking in the courage to be happy.
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Conflict Phobia and Emotophobia.
David D. Burns • Feeling Good Together: The Secret to Making Troubled Relationships Work
As human beings, we are born with (and can escalate) a trait that other creatures rarely possess: the ability to think about our thinking.
Albert Ellis • How To Stubbornly Refuse To Make Yourself Miserable About Anything-yes, Anything!,: Revised And Updated
The concept of deservingness for one’s “sins” implies that certain acts are unquestionably under all conditions “sinful.” And this is impossible to prove.
Albert Ellis • How To Stubbornly Refuse To Make Yourself Miserable About Anything-yes, Anything!,: Revised And Updated
As responsible adults with sufficient knowledge, we have the power to take control of ourselves.
Francine Shapiro • Getting Past Your Past
An inflexible mind leads to anxiety and depression.
Elaine Fox • Switch Craft: The Hidden Power of Mental Agility
Not only can you decrease them, you can practically annihilate and remove them. If you use the methods outlined in the following chapters. If you work at using them!