321 Quotes by Martha Beck

The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life.

When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity.

My anguish came from my hypothesis that other people's hypothetical hypotheses about me mattered. Ridiculous!

If you're totally sedentary and eat 2,500 calories a day, don't instantly go to 1,200 calories and hours of aerobics - your weight loss will be sudden and violent, but also fleeting.

True freedom starts with absolute honesty. The moment you call a problem by its real name, you’re already learning how to make it less harmful.

The process of spotting fear and refusing to obey it is the source of all true empowerment.

Learning to let go of expectations is a ticket to peace. It allows us to ride over every crisis—small or large, brother-in-law or end-of-quarter office lockdown—like a beach ball on water. The next time a problem arises in your life, take a deep breath, let out a sigh, and replace the thought Oh no! with the thought Okay.

Judgments that constrain your giving are the very demons that are keeping you from receiving.

Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise small children without the help of multiple adults, making for an unsupported life.