“Stress is a fickle glue. Our concern over Zach should have cemented us to each other. Instead, we drew our agony around ourselves like a force field. Inadequate protection at best. Distance-maker at worst. It was as if letting ourselves be vulnerable with each other would have made us brittle. We couldn't afford to crumble.”
Source: Hit Hard: One Family's Journey of Letting Go of What Was--and Learning to Live Well with What Is
“More than the homeless, we have, not only money and possessions, but also potential ‘sources’ of things such as worry and unhappiness.”
“Kids who learn early in life that they're capable of mastering activities that at first feel a little stressful grow up better able to handle stress of all kinds.”
Source: Ready or Not: Preparing Our Kids to Thrive in an Uncertain and Rapidly Changing World
“Let me tell you what is overwhelming: a default, normal, unexamined American life. That is completely overwhelming. It’s so much to take on, and we all do it simply by not doing anything else instead.”
Source: The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction
“Malgré les symptômes qui continuaient à la secouer - apathie, tremblements, accès de panique soudains et inexpliqués -, Andréa avait du mal à le croire. Elle n'était pas un soldat. Elle n'avait rien vécu de véritablement traumatique.
- Peut-être que si, a insisté le médecin.
La répétition de stress de moindre intensité semble avoir les mêmes effets qu'un seul gros traumatisme. C'est comme une boîte où l'on amoncelle des tas d'expériences difficiles, et à un moment, la boîte est pleine et tout déborde.”
Source: Coltan Song
“It's interesting how having things to do is largely a matter of whether you think you have things to do.”
Source: Hypersanity: Thinking Beyond Thinking
“Stress is self-inflicted.”
Source: Achieving your best day yet!: A more fulfilling career... a more impactful life
“Turn your stress into sound meditation.”
“Siamo una specie che ha reagito e insiste a reagire con meccanismi obsoleti di difesa alle nuove minacce di collasso psichico prodotte dal suo stesso sviluppo mentale.”
Source: Manifesto contro il potere distruttivo
“Faith is the ability to believe in what we cannot see, but what is true. Worry is the opposite of faith. It believes in what does not exist, except in our fears. It’s like we have bought into an illusion that does not serve us, makes us ill, binds us in fear, causes us to procrastinate, and limits our progress.”