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Martha Beck, born on November 29, 1962, is an American author whose works cover a range of topics including personal growth, career development, and life philosophy. Known for her unique perspective and insightful writing style, Beck has helped countless readers find direction and balance in their complex lives.

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“If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.”

Ifs World Feelings Lonely Abandoned Oxygen Being Alone Exchanging Human Psyche

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“If you ask people, as I often do, how they make decisions, 'lucky' people will talk about tuning in to information and instincts, while 'unlucky' people often mention pushing away the uncomfortable feeling they were headed for trouble.”

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“Many of us have spent a lifetime trying to be what we’re not, feeling lousy about ourselves when we fail, and sometimes when we succeed. We hide our differences when, by accepting and celebrating them, we could collaborate to make every effort more exciting, productive enjoyable, and powerful. Personally, I think we should start right now.”

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“It isn’t necessary to know exactly how your ideal life will look; you only have to know what feels better and what feels worse…Begin making choices based on what makes you feel freer and happier, rather than on how you think an ideal life should look. It’s the process of feeling our way toward happiness, not the realization of the Platonic ideal, that creates our best lives.”

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“When we run from our feelings, they follow us. Everywhere.”

Feelings Running

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“Peace is more than just a feeling. It's the mental and physical frequency where you'll find all your real power.”

Real Feelings Frequency Real Power

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“The way to find your own North Star is not to think or feel your way forward but to dissolve the thoughts and feeling that make you miserable. You don't have to learn your destiny--you already know it; you just have to unlearn the thoughts that blind you to what you know.”

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Book:Steering by Starlight: The Science and Magic of Finding Your Destiny

Source: Steering by Starlight: The Science and Magic of Finding Your Destiny

“External circumstances do not create feeling states. Feeling states create external circumstances.”

States Feelings Circumstances

Book:Steering by Starlight: Find Your Right Life, No Matter What!

Source: Steering by Starlight: Find Your Right Life, No Matter What!

“Many people think passion is a fuzzy feeling that makes taking action effortless. In fact, it's the gritty courage and tenacity to forge onward.”

People Thinking Facts Feelings Action Passion Tenacity Taking Action Effortless Fuzzy

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“Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld.”

Mind May Feelings Eye Beautiful Beholder Being Beautiful Feeling Beautiful Eye Of The Beholder Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder

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“Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.”

Ifs World Humans Feelings Eye Brain Meetings Contact Abandoned Oxygen Exchanging Human Psyche

Author:Martha Beck