63 Quotes by Susie Orbach

I'd like to see much more understanding of emotional issues around hurt, abandonment, disappointment, longing, failure and shame, where they stem from and how they drive people and policies brought into public discourse.

I think what's most interesting about me is the work that I do.

The truth is, we don't have an easy language for emotional life. That's why we have writers.

Dare to be as physically robust and varied as you always were.

Boys, young men, men of all ages are being captivated by the new visual grammar which pushes men to pout and posture.

Not that it was Twiggy's fault, but the ubiquity of her image created a sense in young women that to be stylish meant to be skinny, flat-chested with an ingenue face and straight hair.

No one leaves a long-term relationship scot-free or without conflict.

Today, 'fat' has become not a description of size but a moral category tainted with criticism and contempt.

No one likes to feel helpless. We find it psychologically unbearable and inside ourselves we may try to make ourselves part author of our misfortune rather than simply the recipient of it.