Quotes About Emotional health

You want to be happy? "The trick is... "When you take out the trash, don't go digging back through it.

You might not always forget the person that hurt you the worst, but you can't let go of it so you can have a full and happy life, just don't go back there and revisit that same hurt over and over again you're just wasting your time, you may not forget it, but try your best to move forward from it.

I am done looking for love where it doesn't exist. I am done coughing up dust in attempts to drink from dry wells.

Simply stated, our bodies and mind are closely connected, and that which affects our state of mind will invariably affect the way in which our bodies function.

The way you treat a child, from the time that child is born, is what sets them up to either succeed or struggle. What you are really saying is, how you were loved informs the way your important neural networks are shaped, especially those core regulatory networks we

You can't give away what you don't have. If you don't have love for yourself, then you can't be loving to others.

It's either the flu or love... The synptoms are the same.

Above all else, guard your heart . . . And on the back . . . for it is the wellspring of life.

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Fucked-up people will try to tell you otherwise, but boundaries have nothing to do with whether you love someone or not. They are not judgments, punishments, or betrayals. They are a purely peaceable thing: the basic principles you identify for yourself that define the behaviors that you will tolerate from others, as well as the responses you will have to those behaviors. Boundaries teach people how to treat you, and they teach you how to respect yourself.

You are obliged to tell the people you're sleeping with whether or not you're sleeping with them exclusively. There are no exceptions to this rule. Ever. For anyone. Under any circumstances. People have the right to know if the people they are fucking are also fucking other people. This is the only way the people fucking people who are fucking other people can make emotionally healthy decisions about their lives.

Do you know what boundaries are? The best, sanest people on the planet do.

you must set boundaries. Fucked-up people will try to tell you otherwise, but boundaries have nothing to do with whether you love someone or not. They are not judgments, punishments, or betrayals. They are a purely peaceable thing: the basic principles you identify for yourself that define the behaviors that you will tolerate from others, as well as the responses you will have to those behaviors. Boundaries teach people how to treat you, and they teach you how to respect yourself.

The peaceful home, like the hoped-for peaceful world, does not depend on a sudden benevolent change in human nature. It does depend on deliberate procedures that methodically reduce tensions before they lead to explosions. Emotionally healthy parents are not saints. They're aware of their anger and respect it. They use their anger as a source of information, an indication of their caring. Their words are congruent with their feelings. They do not hide their feelings.

This is a medical issue, but mostly it's a cultural issue. It's a social issue and an emotional issue and a family dynamic issue and a community issue.

This was the second time in less than forty-eight hours that a man stopped fondling me because his phone rang. And both times it was because someone had been killed. If I wasn't a well-adjusted, emotionally healthy person I might be bothered by this.

A big thing with the heart issue is you can't be up in here being stressed and having a lot of anxiety, so I had to do a lot of soul searching about how, 'Why do certain things make me upset?' and being more honest with myself. It's actually made my marriage awesome, it's made my friendships better.

I feel better in my mind when I work out. It makes everything better.

Who is causing me stress disproportionate to the time I spend with them? What will happen if I simply stop interacting with these people? Fear-setting helps here.

Who are the 20% of people who produce 80% of your enjoyment and propel you forward, and which 20% cause 80% of your depression, anger, and second-guessing? Identify: Positive friends versus time-consuming friends: Who is helping versus hurting you, and how do you increase your time with the former while decreasing or eliminating your time with the latter?

and how toxic emotions put our physical health at as much risk as does chain-smoking, even as emotional balance can help protect our health and well-being.

Those who can manage their emotional lives with more calm and self-awareness seem to have a distinct and measurable health advantage, as has now been confirmed by many studies.

Your age is the sum total of your physical condition, the condition of your mind, and how you feel.

I have never known anyone important enough to consume me in anger beyond a few hours. Better to depart their existence before they poison your own.