“Mental health is a taboo subject. No one wants to talk about something that they can’t see, thus can’t understand. People have this misconception about suicide because society has portrayed to them this corrupt concept thus they believe it. If we change the conversation we can change the way people…”— Amy Bleuel, medium.com
“We don’t put enough emphasis on emotional intelligence and it’s left people unable to figure out how to handle their own.”— Sam Sykes, twitter.com
“The only number that would ever be enough is 0. Zero pounds, zero life, size zero, double-zero, zero point. Zero in tennis is love. I finally get it.”— Laurie Halse Anderson, amazon.com
“Depression is an unbelievably powerful thing. It’s wild. One minute you can just be sitting there enjoying yourself and then, without even so much as a change in wind direction, your brain can decide that your world is crashing down all around you.”— Elan Gale, twitter.com
“If you don’t get hit with 'bouts of depression, that is wonderful. Consider yourself lucky. And remind yourself that not everyone is as lucky as you. Instead of telling them what to do, ask them what they feel. It can make all the difference in the world.”— Elan Gale, twitter.com
“It often has nothing to do with any reality. Nothing had to change. Your perception about things shifts instead. Things that were good become meaningless. Things that were bad become dire. All without anything happening. Maybe that’s why it’s so flabbergasting when someone tries to say that depressi…”— Elan Gale, twitter.com
“Minds are useful when we need to conceptualize, plan, theorize. But when we depend on them to guide our inner lives, we're lost.”— Geneen Roth, amazon.com
“Grief hurts, sadness hurts, but it's not the feelings that destroy us. It's what we tell ourselves about the feelings.”— Geneen Roth, amazon.com
“The answer to ‘I have no idea how I am going to get through this’ is: you allow yourself to sob, to heave, to feel as if your heart has a boulder crashing through it.””— Geneen Roth, amazon.com
“Repetition, practice, study is how to develop muscle, stamina, and mastery. Thought therapy is geared toward developing mental muscles, emotional stamina, and the skills required to master your mind.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“If you are finding yourself stuck in a way of thinking that triggers certain emotional responses ask yourself one simple question: 'What is my prayer?'”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“The psychospiritual thought therapy process provides prayers and affirmations written specifically to neutralize your negative thought patterns and the emotional energy most often associated with those patterns.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“Some of us grew up in families and environments that were dysfunctional and emotionally destructive. You may not only look like your grandmother or mother, you probably think like her. How the people around you think has a definite impact on you.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“With the proliferation of thoughts in your head, the goal cannot be to control every single one. That would be futile. Instead, focus on neutralizing your dominant negative thoughts and beliefs.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“We need an internal prompt that signals us when our habitual thoughts that we may not be aware that we are thinking, threaten to disrupt our sense of peace and well-being.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“Food is good and comfort is good. Except that when you are not hungry and want comfort, food is only a temporary palliative; why not address the discomfort directly?”— Geneen Roth, amazon.com
“My head, like a lot of people's heads, is kind of like a neighborhood you don't want to walk around alone in late at night.”— Elizabeth Gilbert, open.spotify.com