Quotes About Wellness

When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and bring joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.

Lots of people go back to other hospitals but not to Bloomingdale. It cured me. It made me feel if I was ever to commit suicide again, it had to be done. No more attempts. No more games.

The right to health care provides insurance against the misfortune of having bad genes.

Peace in the head, peace in the stomach.

Pa gen lape nan tet, si pa gen lape nan vant (there is no peace in the head if there is no peace in the stomach).

Someone once told me that the only good advice for grief is to stay hydrated. Because everything else is just chingaderas.

Temperance and labor are the two true physicians of man.

I think skipping could be the answer to many of our adult health problems.

All those vitamins aren't to keep death at bay, they're to keep deterioration at bay.

You don't have to be a wreck. You don't have to be sick. One's aim in life should be to die in good health. Just like a candle that burns out.

When you laugh and play, your body is calmed and energized by the release of natural opiates—endorphins that relax you physically and lift you up the ladder emotionally.

By protecting your nervous system and keeping you focused, laughter and play offer you opportunities to thrive even in inhospitable environments.

Sometimes you have to get sicker before you can get better.

You have the power to treat your own pain, and you can do it without surgery, drugs, or other invasive interventions.

Middle age is such a low point for well-being; it's at the bottom of a U-shaped curve that shows greater happiness among the younger and older people.

Men have a higher death rate than women for nine out of ten leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, injuries, cerebrovascular disease, chronic lower respiratory disease, diabetes, pneumonia and flu, HIV infection, suicide, and homicide. We all die of something, but if you're a guy, you are more likely to get a serious disease and die from it than are women.

In my experience as a psychotherapist, I have found that stress underlies most of the psychological, social, and medical problems people face in contemporary society. If we can get a handle on stress, we can take care of most of the problems we face in our lives.

In an age of rampant chronic disease, reconnecting with the Earth's energy beneath our very feet may provide a way back to better health and keeping our bodies in top condition throughout our lives.

Try to take it one step at a time. Even looking two steps ahead can be very intimidating, know what I mean? Breathe more deeply, drink more water, meditate more often. Take it easy. You're not struggling to climb from hell into heaven, you're just having an in-the-body experience. It's not evil, it's just life, and when it's over, you die; easy as falling off a log.

Sobriety and health is the greatest thing.

Eating ice cream and not exercising is great. The downside is your health isn't so good.

You've got to take care of yourself on the path, not just when you cross the goal line, because don't forget, wherever you are, that's the goal line.

A study at Cornell University found that low-level noise both lowered job motivation and increased stress levels. It appears as well that an open-office type of environment can contribute to musculoskeletal problems such as a stiff back or tense neck and even heart disease due to increased levels of epinephrine, a stress hormone.

True healing is not the fixing of the broken but the rediscovery of the unbroken