Quotes from Karen Salmansohn

Don't try to convince your partner you are right. Instead of trying to win arguments, try to have a winning relationship!

Not only are police officers often taken for granted, many people are highly vocal about their dislike for cops.

Insight enables you make sure you don't allow negative beliefs to get permanently set in your thinking - just the same way you wouldn't want fractured bones to be permanently set into place.

I feared vulnerability more than my actual emotional pain itself!

I'm a big believer that your life is basically a sum of all the choices you make. The better your choices, the better opportunity to lead a happy life.

Volunteering is a great way to look outside your own problems. Giving back to makes you happier by both giving you a sense of purpose and helping to put your problems in perspective.

If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.

Power might feel tasty and good in the moment, but it will never be satisfying, never fill you up. Yep, no matter how much power you get, you will always feel empty. You just keep wanting more and more power.

Stop allowing yourself to focus on depressing life circumstances - including focusing on being depressed about your weight. All this negative focus will only lead you to feeling bummed and wanting to pig out. Instead, consciously focus on happy life circumstances you enjoy doing, and create more of them!

When you're warm and approachable, you don't have to go up and talk non-stop to someone in a social situation. You just have to be open to the conversations you're already having - and warm and receptive to the people you're meeting.

Chances are you're using overeating as a way to escape yourself. It's an attempt not to feel or think about what you really need to feel and face.

I admit that when challenging times first surface, it's not first instinct to do a happy dance. But when you take time to pause and add insight to injury, you will immediately start to feel empowered to make those majorly needed life shifts.

All things which greatly hurt me greatly teach me

Sometimes it's better to end something & try to start something new than imprison yourself in hoping for the impossible.

What if I told you 10 years from now your life would be exactly the same?Doubt you'd be happy.So, why are you afraid of change?

Your past is where you learned the lesson. Now is when you get to apply it.

Stop worrying about what tomorrow may bring. Focus on what you can control. Stay positive. Enjoy today. Expect good things to come.

A lot of people love to do affirmations first thing in the morning - to keep themselves feeling peppy and positive.

During difficult times, it's best to cut down on sweets like cookies, cake and candy. Satisfy your sweet tooth with fruit to help prevent blood sugar dips and spikes.

Water is the most essential element in life, because without it you can't make coffee.

You are wonderful. Valuable. Worthwhile. Lovable. Not because others think so. Self worth comes from only one place: self.

Sometimes you have to go through the worst, to get to the best. Keep moving forward. Be patient.

Love the people who treat you right pray or the people who don't

You are stronger than your challenges and your challenges are making you stronger.