Deborah Sandella > Quotes

“We avoid thinking about how we feel, while at the same time, we can’t stop thinking about how we feel.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“No matter how you look at it, you are both humanity and presence.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“The underbelly of envy and jealousy is an unconscious holding back of yourself.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“Anger and hurt are two sides of the same coin.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“Sometimes emotion is gentle, like rain feeding the river to nourish life, but sometimes it explodes like a rainstorm whose floodwaters wipe out bridges and homes.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“When we see ourselves through another’s eyes, we gain valuable insight and direction.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“Life constantly challenges us; it’s not personal, just the natural process of growth and evolution.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“The gift of beauty can be found in ugly feelings.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“The essential function of feelings is to provide feedback and pass through us organically like water flows in a river.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“Success or failure in your work and relationships is dependent on how you manage your feelings.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“Imagination is magical and practical at the same time.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“Writing allows you the unique and uncensored expression of whatever wants to be spoken.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“Both thinking over feeling provide vital feedback to support your survival and help you flourish.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“Neutral experiences are easily forgotten.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“Imagination is an extraordinary resource within each of us with powers not found in ordinary thought processes.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“The head is in charge of thinking; the heart is in charge of feeling; and the spirit realizes the creative, infinitely thriving power of life while imagination acts as translator and synthesizer.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“Since we have been primed to think of the subconscious as a closet of monsters to be avoided, we tend to fear it. Thus, we avoid the unconscious storage room where the creative solution is hidden.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“Giving a voice to your feelings is a necessary personal freedom.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“The language of feelings is not linear, logical, and verbal like the language of thinking.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“When we move toward rejected emotions and surround them with loving attention, they quickly break into manageable bits until they are gone.”
― Deborah Sandella, Goodbye, Hurt & Pain: 7 Simple Steps for Health, Love, and Success

“Precious few of us stop to think about what we’re feeling.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“We hold on to what we are trying to avoid.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“As we appreciate our feelings, we naturally build on Descartes’ ‘I think, therefore I am,’ to realize ‘I feel, therefore I am more than I think.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“Allowing yourself to become empathic to the point of being traumatized by another’s experience is unnecessary and ineffective.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“When you use your imagination, it is a bit like putting on night-vision goggles to see forms in the shadows of your head, heart, and spirit.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“When we pay attention and listen instead of denying, suppressing, fearing, or disliking our spontaneous feelings, we gain great access to our natural intuition.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“Imagining a virtual mentor evokes a genuine feeling of being supported and loved.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“We are created with life’s inherent sense of order and urge to thrive.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“Unprocessed intense emotion goes underground and creates a subconscious block that can be released as soon as the original event is integrated in the mind, heart, and body.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella

“Feelings are spontaneous and organic like breath. Allow them to leave and you'll know the same relief as when you exhale.”
― Dr. Deb Sandella