1669 quotes by psychologists for you to enjoy

In my mum's day, you needed to be beautiful for a very short time to catch your man. It didn't start at six and go on until you're 75, right? Susie Orbach

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I'm a therapist and that fascinates people because they think I carry secrets. Susie Orbach

People Think Secrets Carry Because Therapist Fascinates

In general, the Western body has become a global brand. Susie Orbach

Become General Global Western Brand Body

When I was growing up, one or two girls were beautiful, but it was not an aspiration, right? Susie Orbach

Beautiful Girl One Or Two Were Up Aspiration Growing Growing Up Right Two

I think it is one of the capacities of human beings, to create style. Susie Orbach

Style Think Human Human Beings Capacities Create Beings

Our idea of a healthy body is so destabilised that insecure people have come to bolster their own bodies by deeming others - those with fat bodies - less worthy, less capable and less employable. Susie Orbach

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Not that it was Twiggy's fault, but the ubiquity of her image created a sense in young women that to be stylish meant to be skinny, flat-chested with an ingenue face and straight hair. Susie Orbach

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Dare to be as physically robust and varied as you always were. Susie Orbach

You Dare Varied Physically Robust Always Were

Beauty has been democratised. No longer the preserve of movie stars and models but available to all. But while the invitation to beauty is welcomed, it has become not so much an option as an imperative. Susie Orbach

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A wanted pregnancy as much as a dreaded pregnancy can play differently than all one's previous imaginings. Susie Orbach

Dreaded Previous Than Wanted Pregnancy Much Play Differently Imagining

Being able to provoke a different point of view to the standard current ideological or political perspective as played out in conventional newspaper or radio reportage is what a public intellectual does. But it's not merely about being oppositional, because that's too negative. Susie Orbach

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I decided to write 'True Refuge' during a major dive in my own health. Diagnosed with a genetic disease that affected my mobility, I faced tremendous fear and grief about losing the fitness and physical freedom I loved. Tara Brach

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My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path. Tara Brach

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Buddhist practices offer a way of saying, 'Hey, come back over here, reconnect.' The only way that you'll actually wake up and have some freedom is if you have the capacity and courage to stay with the vulnerability and the discomfort. Tara Brach

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When I was first introduced to Buddhism in a high school World Studies class, I dismissed it out of hand. This was during the hedonistic days of the late '60s, and this spiritual path seemed so grim with its concern about attachment and, apparently, anti-pleasure. Tara Brach

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Quite simply, if you're feeling anxious, angry, a sense of shame, whatever it is, breathe in and agree to touch or feel it. Breathing out, offer space and care to whatever's there. If there's blocking to touching it, emphasize the in-breath and stay embodied. Tara Brach

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We are mindful of desire when we experience it with an embodied awareness, recognizing the sensations and thoughts of wanting as arising and passing phenomena. While this isn't easy, as we cultivate the clear seeing and compassion of Radical Acceptance, we discover we can open fully to this natural force, and remain free in its midst. Tara Brach

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Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality. Theodor Reik

Love Change Love Is Reality World Dream Dream World Attempt Piece

Nothing said to us, nothing we can learn from others, reaches us so deep as that which we find in ourselves. Theodor Reik

Nothing Others Ourselves Find Learn Said Which Us Deep

Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish. Theodor Reik

Women Men General Accomplish Want Loved

Narcissist: psychoanalytic term for the person who loves himself more than his analyst; considered to be the manifestation of a dire mental disease whose successful treatment depends on the patient learning to love the analyst more and himself less. Thomas Szasz

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