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Martha Beck

American Author

Born: Nov 29, 1962

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Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar

What laughter is to childhood, sex is to adolescence. Martha Beck

Sex Laughter Adolescence Childhood

When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity. Martha Beck

You Appreciation People Meet Genuine Real Curiosity Then Show

In fact, when care appears, unconditional love often vanishes. Martha Beck

Love Care Vanishes Fact Unconditional Unconditional Love Often In Fact Appears

I had a client who was a professional baseball player once, and he would go to clubs and dance for seven, eight, nine hours at a time. He wouldn't drink, he wouldn't take drugs - he just danced because he had so much physical energy; he was this amazing athlete. Martha Beck

Time Amazing Dance Energy Nine Danced Seven Once Would Athlete Physical Drink Take Had He Hours Because Client Go Just Eight Clubs Much Who Professional Professional Baseball Professional Baseball Player Baseball Baseball Player Player

In the developed world, hundreds of millions of us now face the bizarre problem of surfeit. Yet our brains, instincts, and socialized behavior are still geared to an environment of lack. The result? Overwhelm - on an unprecedented scale. Martha Beck

Problem World Result Behavior Face Our Hundreds Scale Bizarre Geared Unprecedented Developed Developed World Environment Instincts Still Brains Overwhelm Lack Us Now Socialized Millions

I suggest Substituting Inedible Nurturance, or SIN. Don't replace overeating with virtuous work or exercise; instead, make a list of things you love, from watching TV to hanging out with favorite people. Martha Beck

I cannot count the times I've been defeated, humiliated, or physically injured immediately after saying the words, 'Hey, how hard can it be?' But that never seems to stop me from saying them again. Martha Beck

There are several ways to mess up your life by fighting to make your calendar age match your felt age. I live in the Southwest, a part of the country with more than its share of fair skies, material wealth, and people who are trying not to be as old as they are. Martha Beck

Life Age People Wealth Old Country Fighting Live Several Ways More Share Part Fair Calendar Mess Make Felt Match Material Material Wealth Up Than Trying Southwest Skies Your Who

Painful events leave scars, true, but it turns out they're largely erasable. Jill Bolte Taylor, the neuroanatomist who had a stroke that obliterated her memory, described the event as losing '37 years of emotional baggage.' Martha Beck

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