21 Quotes by Melanie Greenberg

You learned that self-compassion is a coping strategy for stress and an attitude toward life. Having self-compassion means being kind to yourself and realizing you’re only human, so you don’t have to be perfect.

The skill of mindfulness allows you to remain grounded in the present moment even when you face difficult stressors, so that your stressful feelings feel more manageable...

Being willing to experience stressful emotions helps you get used to them, know their course, and become familiar with them. This allows your brain to see them as less dangerous or scary and more manageable and temporary. You begin to drop your aversion to them, and this makes it less likely they can lead you into a downward spiral of panic and fearful or angry reactivity.

The biggest battle in life is to change the negative stories we tell ourselves.

Replace fear of your own inner experience with a curious, gentle, welcoming attitude – free of judgment, self-blame, and aversion.

When we begin to feel stressed, we create mental stories of worry and regret that compound our mental suffering. We get caught up in negative beliefs about ourselves, regrets about the past, or worries about the future, taking us out of the present moment.

How you view your stressor is just as important as your actual circumstances when it comes to long-term effects on your health and happiness!

By observing your judging mind, you can avoid automatically buying into these negative judgments... This transforms your experience of stress by taking the terror and panic out of it.

Grit is about stamina and having realistic expectations. It’s about seeing failure as an inevitable part of life, rather than a disaster.