“I've found that if I tell somebody 'Eat this and don't do that,' it's not only not helpful, it's counterproductive because even more than being healthy, we want to feel free and in control, and as soon as somebody tells us to do something, there's a tendency to do just the opposite.” IfsWantFeelsFoundHealthyOppositesTendenciesHelpfulCounterproductive Author:Dean Ornish
“On tour, I'll get up at 5 p.m. and go to bed at 8 in the morning. With fishing, it's the exact opposite. Fishing is the only healthy thing I do. Touring is such a grind; it's the opposite of healthy.” MorningHealthyBedOppositesGet UpFishingTouringGrind Author:Mickey Melchiondo
“Imagine your mind as a garden and thoughts as the seeds you plant. Habitual negative, unhealthy, self-critical thoughts produce the weeds and thistles of depression, discontent, and anxiety in the garden of your mind. Luckily, the opposite is also true. Consistently planting positive, healthy, constructive thoughts will yield a crop of beautiful feelings, such as gratitude, love, and joy.” MindSelfFeelingsBeautifulJoyImagineProduceGratitudeHealthyAnxietyNegativeGardenOppositesPlantCriticalSeedsYieldWeedConsistentlyConstructiveCropsDiscontentUnhealthyHabitualLove GratitudeThistles Book:The Mindful Woman: Gentle Practices for Restoring Calm, Finding Balance, and Opening Your Heart Source: The Mindful Woman: Gentle Practices for Restoring Calm, Finding Balance, and Opening Your Heart
“What we each fall in love with individually is, I believe, our moral, mental, and physical complement. Not our like, not our counterpart; quite the contrary; within healthy limits, our unlike and our opposite.” LoveBelieveFallI BelieveMoralHealthyLimitsOppositesFalling In LoveContraryComplementCounterparts Book:Falling in Love Source: Falling in Love
“Mind and intuition are at opposite ends of the same continuum and our goal is to strike a healthy balance between the two.” MindTwoEndsGoalBalanceHealthyOppositesIntuitionStrikesContinuum Author:Shakti Gawain
“You shouldn't end a band like Westlife and not be financially secure to some extent, but I wasn't at all - it was the complete opposite. But you look at stuff then, 'Well, what do I have? I don't have money but I have a great marriage, three healthy kids, and I have my voice. I'll just start again.'” WellsLooksEndsKidsThreeStuffVoiceHealthyBandOppositesSecureGreat MarriageComplete OppositesWestlifeHealthy Kids Author:Shane Filan
“One of the tools I like a lot is the Just Like Me practice. It's one of the empathy practices where we put ourselves in the other's shoes. Rather than get caught up in the difference in the ideologies, we actually come back to the fundamental idea: just like me, this person on the opposite political spectrum wants to be happy, wants to be safe, wants to thrive, wants to be healthy, wants to find peace of mind.” WantMindPersonsIdeasPoliticalDifferencesPracticeHealthySafeEmpathyToolsOppositesFundamentalsShoesCaughtLike MeIdeologyThrivePeace Of MindCaught UpSpectrumFinding PeaceWant To Be HappyPolitical Spectrum Author:Mark Coleman
“Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I've accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. Reading makes me smarter. Reading gives me something to talk about later on. Reading is the unbelievably healthy way my attention deficit disorder medicates itself. Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real. Reading is grist. Reading is bliss.” WayGivingFeelsPersonsBookRealRealityReadingImaginationAttentionHealthyOppositesGive MeContactBlissAccomplishedDisorderSmarterDeficitBetter PersonAttention Deficit DisorderToo Real Author:Nora Ephron