“children may need challenges and high-risk conditions in order to develop the self-generated immunity to trauma that characterizes survivors. To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.” NeedsMayChildrenSelfOrderChallengesRiskConditionsTraumaBeing The BestSurvivorTestedTherapistsImmunityHigh Risk Author:Gail Sheehy
“The work of adult life is not easy. As in childhood, each step presents not only new tasks of development but requires a letting go of the techniques that worked before. With each passage some magic must be given up, some cherished illusion of safety and comfortably familiar sense of self must be cast off, to allow for the greater expansion of our distinctiveness.” SelfLife IsGivenEasyStepsGreaterMagicChildhoodDevelopmentLetting GoIllusionAdultsTasksSafetyCastsTechniqueFamiliarPassagesExpansionGiven UpSense Of SelfLife Is Not Easy Book:Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life Source: Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life
“Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough.” PeopleSelfEnoughSuccessfulRichConceptsResponsibleSelf RespectGood EnoughAwardsRespect YourselfI Respect You Author:Gail Sheehy
“The delights of self-discovery are always available.” SelfWomenDiscoveryDelightAvailableCaringSelf Discovery Author:Gail Sheehy
“My research offers impressive evidence that we feel better when we attempt to make our world better...to have a purpose beyond one's self lends to existence a meaning and direction - the most important characteristic of high well-being.” WorldFeelsWellsImportantSelfPurposeExistenceOffersResearchEvidenceWell BeingCharacteristicsOur WorldFeel BetterImpressive Author:Gail Sheehy
“No sooner do we think we have assembled a comfortable life than we find a piece of ourselves that has no place to fit in.” ThinkingInspirationalSelfPiecesFitComfortablePerceptionComfortable Life Book:Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life Source: Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life
“When you have self-respect, you have enough.” SelfEnoughSelf EsteemEsteemSelf RespectRespect YourselfI Respect You Author:Gail Sheehy
