“We won't let ourselves feel our anger, rage, and pain. We push it down or anesthetize it through drugs, alcohol, shopping, or whatever we do in order not to feel it. When that memory and the associated feelings get lodged down there in our soul, the feelings are still there. They don't just magically go away. We have to give ourselves the opportunity to feel them.” GivingFeelsStillsSoulFeelingsPainOrderOpportunityMemoriesDrugAlcoholRageGoing AwayShopping Author:Gabrielle Bernstein
“Most people don't walk around the tools to process pain and fear, that kind of discomfort. In most cases, it's unbearable to look at it, feel it, and/or address it. It's why I'm such a fan of self-help books.” PeopleFeelsLooksKindBookSelfHelpingPainProcessWalksCasesFansSelf HelpToolsAddressesUnbearableDiscomfortSelf Help BooksHelp Book Author:Gabrielle Bernstein
“I believe in any kind of personal growth practice that can help you gather the tools that you can then apply to resentment, anger, pain, and rage in order to heal your past resentments toward yourself and others, and then deal with them in the moment so you don't carry them for a decade or more.” BelieveKindMomentsHelpingPainPastOrderI BelieveGrowthDealsPracticeToolsPersonal GrowthI Believe InDecadesRageHealResentmentOur PastYour Past Author:Gabrielle Bernstein
“You let go of the past, and stop bringing the past into the present and replaying it into the future. You release guilt, shame, and you can create an entirely new pattern for yourself.” PastLetting GoShameGuiltPatternsRelease Author:Gabrielle Bernstein
“The issue is that if you hold onto the resentment against yourself, you're just going to recreate that destructive pattern in different forms because unconsciously it's still a belief system that limits you.” IfsStillsDifferentFormBeliefIssuesLimitsPatternsDestructiveResentmentBelief Systems Author:Gabrielle Bernstein
“If you clear that negative feeling and forgive yourself, then you can see the world from a different lens. You stop attracting that same type of experience. You can set yourself free.” IfsWorldDifferentFeelingsClearTypeNegativeForgivingLensesForgive YourselfNegative Feelings Author:Gabrielle Bernstein
“The first thing is to be willing. You must become willing to feel the discomfort that's occurred and/or shown up. Some of it is taking ownership of your part in the situation, to clean it up and be willing to make amends.” FeelsFirstsSituationWillingCleanOwnershipDiscomfortAmendsTaking Ownership Author:Gabrielle Bernstein
“You have to be ready to receive help, whether that be through a book, a therapist or counselor, or a doctor of some kind. That willingness can lead you through a door to the other side, and that's where healing can truly begin.” KindBookHelpingSidesHealingDoorsReadyDoctorsWillingnessTherapistsCounselor Author:Gabrielle Bernstein
“Vodka is tasteless going down, but it is memorable coming up.” MemorableVodka Author:Garrison Keillor
“We're not really brought up in a culture where we believe we're meant to be happy, that peace is our birthright. It's not what we're taught; quite the opposite, actually. With all the expectations and the negative stories going on in the world, we have a lot to overcome.” WorldBelieveStoriesCultureTaughtExpectationsNegativeOppositesOvercomingMeant To BeBirthright Author:Gabrielle Bernstein