One foot, then the other. Don't look at all five feet at once. Just take a step. And when you've taken that step, take one more. Eventually you'll make it to the shower. And you'll make it to tomorrow and next year too. One step.
β€” Lori Gottlieb Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist
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How long do you think the sentence for this crime should be? A year? Five? Ten?' Many of us torture ourselves over our mistakes for decades, even after we've genuinely attempted to make amends. How reasonable is that sentence?
β€” Lori Gottlieb Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist
Tags: time, sentence, punishment, mistakes, crime
There's a biblical saying that translates roughly as 'First you will do, then you will understand.' Sometimes you have to take a leap of faith and experience something before its meaning becomes apparent. It's one thing to talk about leaving behind a restrictive mindset. It's another to stop being so restrictive. The transfer of words into action, the freedom of it, made me want to carry the action outside the therapy room and into my life.
β€” Lori Gottlieb Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist
Tags: understand, talk, mindset, faith, experience, do, action
When I look at my friend's marriages, with their routine day-to-dayness, they actually seem far more romantic than any dating relationship might be. Dating seems romantic, but for the most part it's an extended audition. Marriage seems boring, but for the most part it's a state of comfort and acceptance. Dating is about grand romantic gestures that mean little over the long-term. Marriage is about small acts of kindness that bond you over a lifetime. It's quietly romantic. He makes her tea. She goes to the doctor appointment with him. They listen to each other's daily trivia. They put up with each other's quirks. They're there for each other.
β€” Lori Gottlieb Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough
Tags: truth, love
Hell is other people.ItΒ΄s true - the world is filled with diffucult people...but sometimes - more often - than we tend to realize - those diffucult peopel are us.
β€” Lori Gottlieb Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist
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