Quotes from Gay Hendricks

The universe will teach us our lessons with the tickle of a feather or the whomp of a sledgehammer, depending on how open we are to learning the particular lesson. Getting stubborn and defensive invites the sledgehammer; getting open and curious invites the feather.

Where in my life am I not taking full ownership? Another way to ask it is: What am I trying to disown? Or: What aspect of my life do I need to take full ownership of?

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You can learn a lot more with a spirit of wonder and enjoyment than you can with an attitude of criticism.

When you stop complaining about time, you cease perpetuating the destructive myth that time is the persecutor and you are its victim. I found

There is no quicker way to bring forth our inner Neanderthal than to get into a loving relationship.

A RADICAL IDEA Take a close-up look at how guilt operates in conjunction with the Upper Limit Problem. It shows up when we're feeling good (or making extra money or feeling a deeper loving connection in a relationship). When we're feeling good, we may come up against the hidden barrier of an old belief such as "I must not feel good, because fundamentally flawed people like me don't deserve it.

The power of your commitment brings forth the means necessary for you to live in your Zone of Genius. If

YOUR DIVINE INVITATION You're invited to meet the Divine. Nobody can resist an invitation like that! Now, your choices narrow to two: You can come to the Divine ready to dance. Or Be carried on a stretcher to the Divine Emergency Room.

This is why if you corrected only this one problem and did nothing else, you would make major improvements in your mental, emotional, and physical functioning. We will use correct diaphragmatic breathing as the jumping-off place for all the activities that follow. If

The problem is that a deep, sacred part of you will wither and die if you stay inside your Zone of Excellence

I don't need any outside enemies. I have a perfectly good one residing right between my ears.

It is at first a delicate tightrope walk, which then gets easier as you master the skills required to keep your balance in the new environment. Fortunately, there are shortcuts

According to one medical researcher, poor breathing plays a role in more than 75 percent of the ills people bring to their doctors. In most cases, poor diaphragmatic breathing is the culprit. On

I was inhaling my latest invention, "Greek" pizza—warm pita layered with black olive spread, creamy hummus, and tart tzatziki, topped with a heap of chopped and olive oil–drizzled tomatoes, feta, cucumbers, and avocado—when

Entanglement begins the moment you step out of an equal relationship with your partner and become an advocate for your victimhood.

dislike that phrase What can you do?, or, as my highly eloquent contemporaries put it: Whatever. The shrug, the attitude, dismisses any possibility of things changing. It's self-perpetuating paralysis.

adversity is a constant requirement of existence.

I can't expand to my highest potential because I'd be an even bigger burden than I am now.

Gradually I came to see that I was just worrying for the sake of choking the flow of positive energy in myself. Worrying was one way I was Upper-Limiting myself.

If so, you will need to ask yourself if you are afraid to go to your ultimate success because you're afraid of outshining someone from long ago.

When things are going well, or when you're feeling particularly good, you can always bring yourself down by manufacturing a stream of worry-thoughts. Once you've brought yourself down by worrying, it's very tempting to inflict those worry-thoughts on others. If we're in the grip of worrying while someone around us isn't, we seem to have an almost uncontrollable urge to criticize that person until he or she jumps into the stream of negativity with us.

I checked my messages before I started driving. I had three. The first was from Verizon, letting me know I could save more money by spending more money.

money arguments never have anything to do with money. Money arguments are always about something deeper