“My mother used to say, "When you can learn to laugh at yourself, a lot of healing comes from that."” UsedMotherHealingLaughingLaugh At YourselfLearn To Laugh At Yourself Author:Kelly Carlin-McCall
“Now, perhaps more than ever, we need more and more examples of healing. We need to learn what it takes to heal.” NeedsHealingExampleHeal Author:Andre Holland
“To be a monk is to have time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the transformation and healing of other people.” PeopleHelpingHealingPracticeTransformationMonk Author:Nhat Hanh
“Often when someone comes to you and wants to vent, it's so tempting to start giving advice. But if you allow the person just to let the feelings out, and then at another time come back with advice or comments, that person would experience a deeper healing.” IfsWantGivingPersonsFeelingsHealingAdviceDeeperCommentTemptingAnother TimeGiving Advice Author:Oprah Winfrey
“Sometimes when the spouse is really the culprit, it is hard to admit what you consider your little failures, but if you are going to have a better relationship, you admitting your part in the dynamics is a step in the road to healing. Because if they see you modeling apology, for example, and they see you modeling love, they may well get the idea that maybe they need to apologize.” IfsNeedsWellsMayLittlesIdeasSometimesHardHealingStepsExampleApologyApologizingSpouseModelingAdmittingDynamicsCulprit Author:Gary Chapman
“I watched a documentary about the immigrant crisis around the world. And it does make me blush at all the times I've stood up on the stage and given your speech about the healing power of fiction.” WorldDoeGivenHealingFictionStageSpeechCrisisAround The WorldImmigrantsDocumentariesStood Up Author:George Saunders
“It's unilaterally true that it costs more to maintain the death penalty than the alternatives to it, and we can leverage more resources to victims families. We can do all sorts of creative ways of healing the pain that people have done by channeling the energy and resources to other more redemptive forms of justice.” PeopleWayDonePainFormEnergyCan DoJusticeHealingCreativeCostResourcesVictimAlternativesPenaltiesDeath PenaltyChanneling Author:Shane Claiborne
“Something I was adamant about was that the movie [Everybody Lovess Somebody] wouldn't end with, oh, marriage saved [the main character]. They're married and she's OK. I was very pushing on having the ending be that she made an inner growth of healing so that she can then have the ability and the space to love and be loved by someone else, and that love is open-ended and doesn't mean they're going to get married tomorrow and all her problems are solved.” MeanMadeEndsCharacterProblemGrowthAbilitySpaceLove IsHealingTomorrowMarriedSavedPushingMain CharactersAdamantInner GrowthPushing On Author:Karla Souza
“Yes, things happened to me - brutal things - but I'm not going to give them so much clout by dwelling on them, empowering them to haunt my heart years after the events transpired. And no good comes from that. These ghosts don't need us to help them stay alive. If we're after real deal healing, these ghosts must desiccate.” IfsNeedsGivingYearsHeartRealHelpingDealsHealingAliveHappenedEventsMy HeartThings HappenGhostEmpoweringBrutalDwellingStaying AliveClout Author:Joshua Mohr
“This is a diseased century. We diagnosed the disease and its causes with microscopic exactness, but whenever we applied the healing knife a new sore appeared. Our will was hard and pure, we should have been loved by the people, but they hate us. Why are we so odious and detested? We brought you truth and in our mouth it sounded like a lie. We brought you freedom, and it looks in our hands like a whip. We brought you the living life, and where our voice is heard the trees wither and there is a rustling of dry leaves. We brought you the promise of the future, but our tongue stammered and barked.” PeopleShouldLooksHas BeensHardHandsLyingHateCausesVoiceHealingHeardTreeCenturyPromisePureDiseaseMouthsShould HaveTongueLive LifeDryKnivesShould Have BeenWhipsDiseasedExactnessPromise Of The FutureDry Leaves Author:Arundhati Roy
“Nobody quite knows the truth about cats purring, but it does seem to be also a self-healing thing for them, which is why, when you take your cat to the vet and it's frightened, it will purr.” KnowsDoeSelfSeemsHealingCatFrightenedSelf HealingVetsPurring Author:Margaret Atwood
“Like Summer Sisters comforted me just because I was like, okay things I've seen with my own eyes are not so terrible, and even though I knew adult gay people and had absolutely no issue with it. And I just couldn't articulate what made me so uncomfortable about the space that I shared with my friends becoming a sexual space. And it was very healing for me to read that, and feel like it was a part of other friendships, even fictional friendships I admire.” PeopleFeelsMadeEyeMy OwnSpaceHealingIssuesBecomingTerribleGaySummerMy FriendsAdultsOkayAdmireUncomfortableGay People Author:Lena Dunham
“I was speaking to a writer the other day and he gave me a valuable piece of advice. He said that you may get to where you want to go quicker through violence, but the healing process takes longer. Whereas if you don't use violence, there is not much healing necessary, so you win in the long run.” IfsWantMayLongSaidUseRunningWinningProcessHealingPiecesViolenceAdviceValuableLong RunsHealing Process Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“What concerns me most is the horrible degradation our notions of truth, civility, and decency have undergone. Also the way that language has been malformed - we have been overcome with banality and the cynical misuse of language. When a candidate runs a campaign on a series of dog-whistles to bigots, then turns around and talks about "healing the wounds of division," that is right out of Orwell.” WayHas BeensRunningTurnsLanguageHealingDogConcernOvercomingSeriesNotionWoundsCampaignsHorribleCandidatesDivisionCynicalDecencyCivilityDegradationMisuseBigotsBanality Author:George Saunders
“I look for roles that resonate with me these days. While I love putting out just fabulous entertainment, I think now as artists, especially with so much uncertainty going on in the world, you want to be a part of things that offer or promote healing in some way and perhaps a little introspection once you leave.” ThinkingWorldWayWantLooksLittlesArtistHealingRolesOffersEntertainmentUncertaintyThese DaysIntrospectionFabulous Author:Octavia Spencer
“I just think that I associated music with something that was healing and transformative as a kid.” ThinkingKidsHealing Author:Jon Gordon
“I am more comfortable doing comedy, and I want to perform comedy. When you can really make someone laugh, that's a healing experience. It's like music. A lot of music is really healing.” WantHealingLaughingComedyComfortableMusic IsMake Someone Laugh Author:Judy Tenuta
“Your work is to find healing. And I find, for me, it's a little bit at a time, and eventually it's barely there. And the journey is finding what works for you and doing it.” LittlesBitsHealingJourneyFindingsLittle Bit Author:India.Arie
“It's in my music, and its on my mind all the time. To spread love, healing peace and joy is my mission in life - and so I speak up.” MindJoySpeakHealingSpreadMissionsPeace And JoyMissions In LifeHealing Love Author:India.Arie
“I think everybody needs healing. My understanding of human beings is that we were created in the image of God but we are all fallen, and Jesus died for us so that we can be redeemed. Every Christian is in a process of healing in some way. God's original creation was good, and in some ways fallen away from that. And in every area of our life we need to be healed and restored and to become more Christ-like.” ThinkingWayNeedsHumansChristianJesusProcessUnderstandingChristHuman BeingsHealingOur LivesCreationAreasDiedOriginalsFallenHealedGod ImageRedeemedChrist Like Author:Nicky Gumbel
“I don't agree with most forms of censorship, and I especially don't agree with the idea that one needs to be from the same cultural, ethnic, or religious background as the subjects they portray in order to be qualified to portray those subjects. I believe that compassion and empathy should cross all of those category barriers, and the conversations art creates can be inflammatory initially, but I think are most often constructive and healing in the long run.” ThinkingBelieveLongArtRunningI BelieveReligiousHealingCompassionEmpathyAgreeBarriersCensorship Author:Shepard Fairey
“The "natural" instincts when someone is going through a breakup are counterintuitive to healing. For instance, many people stop eating or eat very unhealthy, and if your body is not fed the necessary nutrients during this trying time, it's extremely difficult for you to heal emotionally. So, first things first, force yourself to eat, even if that entails drinking green smoothies so you're getting nutrients in your body.” PeopleTryingDifficultNaturalHealingEatingDrinkingInstinctHealBreakup Author:Amy Chan
“Be kind and gentle on yourself. In this fast-paced world, we are so hard on ourselves and impatient with healing. Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do to speed up the process. Sure, you can numb the pain or distract yourself, but if you don't allow yourself to process the emotion in a healthy way, the pain and darkness just gets buried deep inside you, and eventually comes up in your future relationships. Stop blaming yourself, and instead try to look for the lesson and the growth opportunity.” WorldTryingKindPainOpportunityGrowthEmotionHealingDarknessHealthyBlameSpeedGentleBe KindOur FutureImpatientNumb Author:Amy Chan
“It's hard when the worst people in the country are cheering, the people with the confederate flag, the people that do anti-Semitism on Twitter, that's difficult for a lot of people in this country. But, you know, I do think an inaugural, for example, is almost always an act of national healing.” PeopleThinkingCountryDifficultHealingWorstCheerConfederateInaugural Author:Michael Gerson
“The story of slavery is everybody's story. It is the story about how we're all shaped by, regardless of race, regardless of how long we've been in this country. We hope that we can be a factor to both educate America around this subject but maybe more importantly help Americans finally wrestle with this, talk about it, debate it, because only through that conversation can we ever find the reconciliation healing that I think we all want.” ThinkingLongCountryHelpingHealingSlaveryDebateEducateReconciliation Author:Lonnie Bunch
“Now I'm starting to understand what the kind of power is. It has been healing for me, and very therapeutic even today. It's one of the reasons why I went back to school to study psychology and mental health, was to understand why that is.” KindReasonTodaySchoolHealingStudyPsychologyMental Health Author:Sharon Van Etten
“I was told 20% of the kids in Kosovo didn't know where their parents were. This is a dreadful problem. A woman that I was with, a doctor, had seen her house destroyed and her uncle, who was a professor, taken out and shot. She's there, anxious now, trying to build relations with the Serbs, and said that she was trying to do this, but she was underlying how difficult it is with these images in your mind. And I think that is what has caused this terrible bloodshed that occurred just days ago in relation to the Serbs that were shot. I think that there is a need for a period of healing.” ThinkingTryingMindProblemKidsHouseParentDifficultHealingTakenTerribleRelationAnxious Author:James Wolfensohn
“I'm open to the gifts of the Spirit. The real healings are so beautiful I hate to see it blasphemed by fakes who merchandise the gifts. Bethel Church and HRock Church now charge thousands of dollars to teach the gifts of the Spirit in contrast to the Apostle Peter who rebuked Simon for offering money for it.” RealBeautifulSpiritHateChurchHealingTeachI HateFakeContrast Author:Richard Rossi
“This album - Pain Medicine - is diverse enough and healing enough to help people get through real life sh*t whether it be through laughing at a dude because he's wack in the bed or it be through a record like when crying is easy where you explore what isn't in life that will make you happy. Real recognize real.” PeopleRealEnoughHelpingPainEasyHealingLaughingCryReal LifeDiverseMake You Happy Author:K.Michelle
“A work of visionary art can shock a person out of their normal thinking patterns and help them to see the world in a new way, helping them to transfigure their perception of reality. Obviously, it's only one of many potential catalysts to healing and transformation, but I think it can be a significant one.” ThinkingWorldArtHelpingRealityHealingPerceptionTransformationSignificant Author:Alex Grey
“If I was feeling angry, I had to investigate not just who or what I was angry at, but why. And then I had to do the hard part and ask myself: Are you justified in where your anger is being directed? So, while I allowed my emotions to be valid, I knew that if I were to use them constructively, in the service of art, then I had to look at them dispassionately. Some might call this therapy, and I suppose it was. But I also had a goal that was larger than just healing myself, which was connecting to an audience.” ArtFeelingsGoalEmotionHealingAudienceTherapyJustified Author:Paul Madonna
“The themes that run through all my work are that consciousness is the ultimate reality; and that by understanding consciousness, you understand everything about yourself, about perception, about creativity, about behavior, about relationships. By understanding consciousness, you have the ability to create anything in your world. And you have the ability to influence also the collective consciousness to not only bring about personal healing, but social transformation, and ultimately healing our planet, which happens to be extremely wounded.” WorldRealityRunningUnderstandingAbilityHealingConsciousnessCreativityInfluenceBehaviorPerceptionUltimateTransformationAbout Yourself Author:Deepak Chopra
“You can always accuse my records of being harrowing or dark or bleak. There is processing of trauma on my records and they contain a lot of healing. As a person who has been watching other's rage for years, instead of having my own tantrums, I keep the feelings inside until I can find a way of making them into music. The songs are like healing spells and it really works for me. When I really do a good job on a song, it gets rid of a weight. As far as hope goes, there is hope that you can heal through processing stuff and make it through to the other side. That's all I can hope for.” FeelingsSongDarkHealingTraumaRageHealGood JobBleakThere Is Hope Author:Erika M. Anderson
“I realize I will always be the poster child for police brutality, but I can try to use that as a positive force for healing and restraint.” TryingChildrenI CanUseForceRealizingHealingPoliceRestraintPolice BrutalityBrutalityPosters Author:Rodney King
“I just don't think that being unable to forgive someone is the most healing move. It can be, and I've had times in my life when I thought I would be better off without the drama that another person was bringing to me, but cutting someone out isn't always the answer. I know someone who cut her mother out and it didn't magically heal her. She's still haunted. It's not as if you can wipe clean all of your memories of having a mother, or wanting or needing one.” ThinkingMovingMotherMemoriesHealingCuttingDramaForgivingHealOur Memories Author:Nicole Georges
“I think that is the role of the artist in society - the cultural role of the artist is to perform a healing function.” ThinkingArtistHealing Author:Philip Taaffe
“I'm not so interested in this series of ruptures, where minimalism took over pop art, and then neo-expressionism was a triumph over that. I'm not interested in rupture - I'm interested in healing, bringing things together, building bridges. Not dismissing what has come before as a kind of modernist precedent, where one thing has to be broken in order to achieve something else. I don't believe in that kind of attitude. I think we're beyond that at this stage.” ThinkingBelieveKindArtTogetherHealingAttitudeAchieveBuildingBrokenNot InterestedMinimalismPop Art Author:Philip Taaffe
“I'm very concerned with the healing process of a song and music in general. I think that's why I make music - it heals me and I'm extremely sensitive to people who tell me that this or that song made them feel better or helped them go through a difficult time in their life. I think that music is almost medicine. I don't know if that's my philosophy, but that's my thought process.” PeopleThinkingPhilosophySongDifficultHealingMusic IsConcernedHealSensitiveFeel BetterMy ThoughtsDifficult Times Author:Olivia Merilahti
“I've been a teacher all my life. I've had my own dance studio, my own acting studio for 18 years out here... I'm just a natural teacher. I teach on all my healing work now. I think actors teach any time they work anyway. We're teaching emotions, we're teaching how to deal with emotions, we're teaching how to get around issues and deal with them. Actors are some of the best teachers in the world, because they're teaching you through entertainment, and you don't know you're getting a message.” ThinkingWorldNaturalActingEmotionHealingTeachTeacherTeachingBest Teacher Author:Dee Wallace
“Criminal trials are fundamentally about individual accountability whereas truth commissions are less about the guilt of the perpetrator and more about the suffering of the victim. A criminal trial is only incidentally a therapeutic or cathartic process for victims. But truth commissions, as we saw in South Africa, have the advantage of giving tens of thousands of people the opportunity to tell their stories, and not only does that contribute to healing but it also contributes to reconciliation, especially when perpetrators also come and express contrition.” PeopleGivingSufferingOpportunityIndividualHealingVictimGuiltAccountabilitySouth AfricaReconciliation Author:Payam Akhavan
“I certainly don't mean to leave the impression that anxiety can be waved away with a simple pep talk. In fact, for some, God's healing will include the help of therapy and/or medication. If that's the case, do not for a moment think that you're a second-class citizen of heaven. Ask God to lead you to a qualified counselor or physician who'll provide the treatment you need. This much is sure: It's not God's will that you lead a life of perpetual anxiety. It's not his will that you face every day with dread and trepidation.” ThinkingMeanMomentsHelpingHeavenSimpleHealingAnxietyImpressionTherapyDreadPepTrepidationPep Talk Author:Max Lucado
“Thoughts have consequences. Healing from anxiety requires healthy thinking. Your challenge is not your challenge. Your challenge is the way you think about your challenge. Your problem is not your problem; it's the way you look at it.” ThinkingProblemChallengesHealingHealthyAnxietyConsequence Author:Max Lucado
“I have an addictive personality myself and one of the things I've learned is, you're always in recovery. Part of my healing process is being a mentor and teacher and helping people. Yet, at the same time, I have to be very careful about my own addictions.” PeopleHelpingHealingTeacherPersonalityAddictionCarefulRecoveryMentorHelping People Author:Susan Shapiro
“What humor allows you to do is to let the past go with less pain. It's a healing element. It releases some of the pain from the shotgun wound.” PainPastHealingWounds Author:James McBride
“Salt is a powerful symbol in Haiti, as elsewhere. Salt of the earth, for example is an American phrase. In Haiti, myth and legend has it that if you are turned into a zombie, if someone gives you a taste of salt, then you can come back to life. And in the life of the fishermen, there are so many little things about salt that I wanted to incorporate. The salt in the air. The crackling of salt in the fire. There's all this damage, this peeling of the fishing boats from the sea salt. But there is also healing from it, sea baths that are supposed to heal all kinds of aches and wounds.” GivingKindEarthPowerfulHealingMythWoundsHealAll KindsBoatLittle ThingsElsewhereZombieFisherman Author:Edwidge Danticat
“I realized that even though I believe with my whole heart in the power of music... it didn't provide any solid answers on how to heal myself and heal others so that they could overcome what had happened to them. I realized that I wanted to take a deeper look at life in order to be some kind of truly healing force in people's everyday lives.” BelieveHeartKindI BelieveHealingOvercomingEverydayI RealizedHealEveryday LifePower Of Music Author:Jeff Mangum
“Growing up, I was constantly reminded to not to air our family's dirty laundry. Part of why domestic violence is allowed to continue is because there is often an unwritten rule in many families of abuse: Don't ask. Don't tell. Keeping quiet does no good. I found that sharing my story liberated me from my past. There is power in storytelling and, in that, healing. Owning my truth also empowered me. I will no longer be manipulated or controlled by guilt or shame.” PastHealingGrowing UpViolenceQuietAbuseShameGuiltStorytellingDirtyOur FamilyDomestic ViolenceEmpoweredMy PastLaundry Author:Kambri Crews
“In California, Jim Jones even staged a shooting of himself. The lesson of this was two-fold. One, that he was a god - he could heal himself. He had these magic powers. A large segment of his congregation came from a Pentecostal tradition that believed in faith healing and already believed Jones had the power to cure others. And two, the "shooting" made him seem important. Civil rights leaders were being gunned down - MLK, Jr., Medgar Evers, Malcolm X - and he longed to be considered as heroic and important as they were.” ImportantHealingLeaderMagicTraditionHealCivil RightsHeroicPentecostal Author:Julia Scheeres