Connirae Andreas > Quotes

“It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. —James Thurber”
― Connirae Andreas, Core Transformation: Reaching the Wellspring Within

“And, when we continue to ask, “What do you want through that,” at some point the answers always flip to something positive.”
― Connirae Andreas, Core Transformation: Reaching the Wellspring Within

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. —Oliver Wendell Holmes”
― Connirae Andreas, Core Transformation: Reaching the Wellspring Within

“Self-Image and Self Development ✓ Experiencing more kindness and compassion toward yourself. ✓ Becoming more and more the person you want to be. ✓ Self-appreciation. ✓ Enough security to be open to feedback. ✓ Sense of equality with others. ✓ High self-esteem. ✓ Sense of identity. ✓ Personal integrity. ✓ More wholeness and balance. Other”
― Connirae Andreas, Core Transformation: Reaching the Wellspring Within

“Action will remove the doubt that theory cannot solve. —Tehyi Hsieh”
― Connirae Andreas, Core Transformation: Reaching the Wellspring Within

“I am functioning from my Core Self when: ✓ I experience wholeness, inner-peace, wellbeing, love, and aliveness. ✓ I am fully grounded and centered within my body. ✓ I am fully aware of my body and my emotions. ✓ I perceive the world clearly. ✓ I know what I want. ✓ I am behaving in alignment with my values. ✓ I am easily acting in my own best interest, while also respecting others. ✓ I have a positive sense of myself. ✓ I am aware of who I am, not just what I do, how I feel, or what I have. ✓ I am resourceful. I have a sense of choice about how I feel and what I do. These”
― Connirae Andreas, Core Transformation: Reaching the Wellspring Within

“Is there any part of me that objects to my having [Core State] as a way of being in the world?”
― Connirae Andreas, Core Transformation: Reaching the Wellspring Within

“Emotions ✓ The ability to have access to a full range of emotions. ✓ An experience of greater emotional fluidity, rather than being frequently stuck in an emotion. ✓ Resolution of specific emotions that are overwhelming or limiting. ✓ The sense that your emotions are appropriate to present circumstances, rather than being an expression of unresolved issues from the past. ✓ Having emotions that serve you and support what you do. ✓ Enjoying a fundamental sense of wellbeing and peace.”
― Connirae Andreas, Core Transformation: Reaching the Wellspring Within

“We invite the part of ourselves we are working with to step into its Core State and have it. Then we invite our inner part to notice how already having the Core State as a way of being in the world transforms each of our Intended Outcomes.”
― Connirae Andreas, Core Transformation: Reaching the Wellspring Within

“Habits and Other Behaviors ✓ Having a choice about behaviors that were addictive or habitual. ✓ Having a greater ease in changing behaviors. ✓ Having behaviors that are in alignment with your values. Relationships ✓ Being affirming of yourself and others without needing to compete. ✓ Being able to freely express your own needs and wants and pursue them, and take into account the needs and wants of others. ✓ Being comfortable around people. ✓ Being able to take care of your relationships without feeling as if you depend on a relationship for your sense of wellbeing. ✓ Being able to accept others as they are. ✓ Being able to trust people appropriately, while being aware of their limitations. ✓ Being able to take responsibility for making choices in the areas you have choice about, while being at peace with areas that are out of your control. ✓ Being OK whether attention is on you or on others. ✓ Being able to seek the truth, rather than having to be “right.” ✓ Being able to forgive yourself and others for mistakes and limitations, while learning from them. ✓ Being OK regardless of whether others think well of you. ✓ Being more honest with yourself and others.\ ✓ Experiencing more kindness and compassion toward others.”
― Connirae Andreas, Core Transformation: Reaching the Wellspring Within

“Self-Image and Self Development ✓ Experiencing more kindness and compassion toward yourself. ✓ Becoming more and more the person you want to be. ✓ Self-appreciation. ✓ Enough security to be open to feedback. ✓ Sense of equality with others. ✓ High self-esteem. ✓ Sense of identity. ✓ Personal integrity. ✓ More wholeness and balance. Other Categories People have resolved or made significant progress with the following difficulties using the Core Transformation Process. ✓ Healing of Abuse and/or Trauma. ✓ Anorexia and Bulimia. ✓ Alcoholism. ✓ Drug Addiction. ✓ Co-dependence. ✓ Depression. ✓ Fears and Anxieties. ✓ Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome. ✓ Hyperactivity and Learning Disabilities. ✓ Multiple Personality Disorder. ✓ Schizophrenia. ✓ Health Concerns. ✓ Resolution of specific issues and conflicts.”
― Connirae Andreas, Core Transformation: Reaching the Wellspring Within

“Finally, we notice how already having the Core State naturally transforms the original behavior we didn’t like.”
― Connirae Andreas, Core Transformation: Reaching the Wellspring Within

“Don’t say such changes cannot happen. A vast freedom could live inside you. A loaf of bread wrapped in a cloth for the table is just an object, but inside the human body, it becomes a gladness for being alive! —Rumi”
― Connirae Andreas, Core Transformation: Reaching the Wellspring Within