Gregg Krech > Quotes

“Paradoxically, this practice of complaining increases clients’ suffering. The more they detail their complaints, the more they focus their attention upon the complaints.” - Shoma Morita, M.D.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“People who believe they can change or control everything are usually in a great deal of pain, because this is simply not possible.” - Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“Much of the suffering that occurs in relationships is related to our efforts to try and control other people. The alternative is to accept them as they are -- an option which is much more compatible with loving them.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“Resistance is the fundamental operating mechanism of what we call ego – resisting life causes suffering.” - Pema Chodron”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“happiness is associated with an outward focus.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“Do you know that most of our suffering doesn’t exist in the present moment?”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“While you practice, you translate what you know intellectually into skills.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“You (that’s me) are not the center of the universe.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“Mental wellness also requires skill. We usually don't think of mental health as an area that requires us to learn skills.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“When you try to stop your thinking, it means you are bothered by it. Do not be bothered by anything.” —Shunryu Suzuki Roshi”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“Generally, we think of acceptance as being in opposition to action. But Morita's view of acceptance is that it is an important element of action. In fact, we might say that acceptance of our internal human condition, as well as external conditions -- is at the very heart of action.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“universe which is vibrant and breathing with life. The universe wants us to dance, but we are too self-absorbed to hear the invitation.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“When we are so caught up in our idealized views about how we should be, we cannot accept things as they are.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“Sometimes life (or God, Buddha or some Higher Power) has a better idea of what needs to happen than we do.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“you become more skillful in accepting your feelings, you may find that they don’t have the power over your life that you once thought they had.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“improve our attention skills, we have to take the lead on where we put our attention.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“Arugamama is a Japanese term that describes a state of acceptance. When feelings are accepted, our energy can be fully directed to taking action.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“Fortunately, there’s an antidote to this problem – start paying attention to the world . . . in detail.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“commitment, persistence and practice you can make significant changes in the way you use your attention. You can improve your concentration, your mental health, your intimate relationships, and your spiritual practice. What’s at stake is nothing less than your experience of life itself.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“Both aspects of this skill involve the ability to feel what you're feeling, think what you're thinking, and observe and accept the content of your feelings and thoughts without being drawn into an automatic reaction, which is often typical of emotionally charged situations.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“awareness of that fact that becomes the jumping off point for beginning to develop our ability to work with our attention skillfully.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“Rather than taking steps to address our challenges and build our dreams, we avoid and procrastinate.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“One of them is the moral inventory that is recommended in the 4th step of Alcoholic’s Anonymous 12 step program.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“AVOIDANCE This involves trying to escape from our feelings/thoughts -- avoiding what is uncomfortable and pursuing what is comfortable.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“skills that will have a good influence on your mental health such as problem solving, time management, organizing your living space, and managing your finances.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“Shifting our attention, from self-focused to outward-focused, depends a lot on the mental state we are in at any given moment.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“It empowers us to move forward with our life without waiting for our internal experience to change. It’s not hard to take action when you are motivated, enthusiastic, and energized.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“Acceptance is the first step – responding is the second step.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“The state of arugamama is one in which we do not try to escape from our emotional experience. We are not seeking any kind of emotional or cognitive state other then the one we are in at the moment. Yet we continue to devote ourselves to what it is that is important for us to do. We carry out the purposes of our lives, because they give life meaning.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness

“We would be wise to treat our feelings this way as well. Give up on them. Stop trying to manipulate them. Accept their natural fluctuations and redirect our energy, knowing that feelings pass just as the clouds pass overhead.”
― Gregg Krech, A Natural Approach to Mental Wellness