There’s a big difference between falling in love and being in love. There’s a big difference between infatuation and falling in love.
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Phil McGraw
Phillip Calvin McGraw (born September 1, 1950), known as Dr. Phil, is an American television personality, author, psychologist, and the host of the television show Dr. Phil, which debuted in 2002. McGraw first gained celebrity status with appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the late 1990s. In 2015, Forbes listed his earnings at $70 million for the previous 12 months, and ranked him the 15th highest earning celebrity in the world. 2Early life McGraw was born in Vinita, Oklahoma, the son of Anne Geraldine "Jerry" (née Stevens) and Joseph J. "Joe" McGraw, Jr. He grew up with two older sisters, Deana and Donna, and younger sister Brenda in the oilfields of North Texas where his father was an equipment supplier. During McGraw's childhood, his family moved so his father could pursue a lifelong goal of becoming a psychologist. McGraw attended Shawnee Mission North High School in Overland Park, Kansas. In 1968, he was awarded a football scholarship to the University of Tulsa, where he played middle linebacker under Coach Glenn Dobb
Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.
Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.
People have the right to think and say whatever they want to. But you have the right not to take it to heart, and not to react.
When you allow a person's words to upset you, you're giving away your power.
Life experiences, mental illness, drugs, greed, environment, and poor role-modeling can all forge damaged people and can generate a darkness, an exploitiveness, in the way they approach life. Whatever their genesis, there are people in your life (and mine) who will hurt you if you let them.
Power begins with having a crystal-clear view of reality and what each and every person in your life is driven by.
I love life, but not everything in it. I love people, but not all of them. I love myself, but not everything about me.
Drama and crisis are currency to them because they love the power to make people react. They thrive on a good fight, a good scandal, a good drama.
It is just good practice to do a situational scan and have situational awareness when you are out in the world.
The truth doesn't have versions, it just is.
Take the high road, there's a lot less traffic up there.
Forgiveness of those who have transgressed against you, or those you love, is not about them; it is about you. It is a gift to yourself.
When you get emotional, slow your thoughts down, and listen attentively (write it down). That way, you'll be able to hear what you are thinking. You do this becoming very still and very quiet, and recording your thoughts. These high-speed thoughts and internal reactions always precede your feelings…
If emotional pain or problems have cropped up in your life, you must insist on getting closure. Closure means you don’t carry the problem or the pain. You address the issue, then you slam shut the book and put it away.
You can't change other people or (some) conditions; you can change only your reactions to them.
First, you’re going to have to stop using food for anything other than nutrition. You cannot continue to use food to celebrate, or as a companion, or for entertainment, or comfort. You cannot medicate yourself, your mood, or pain with food.
if you continue to do what you’ve always done, you will continue to have what you’ve always had.