Brooke Knowles

“If you are able to excel at experiencing anger, that is, if you are able to bring nonjudgmental awareness to the thoughts and physical sensations associated with anger, you will be less reactive to it.”
― Carissa Gustafson PsyD, Reclaim Your Life: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in 7 Weeks

“Sadness indicates a kind of loss and helps people slow down in order to heal. Fear indicates some type of danger and helps people fight, flee, or freeze. Anger indicates that some type of boundary has been crossed (for example, someone is taking advantage of you) and helps you protect or advocate for yourself. Guilt, as unpleasant as it is, indicates that we have done something inconsistent with our values and can help us make repairs by apologizing.”
― Carissa Gustafson PsyD, Reclaim Your Life: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in 7 Weeks

“Imagine having a similar conversation with yourself. “I can’t get my eating under control. It’s aggravating to me that I can’t resist tempting foods.” These thoughts are filled with self-doubt and diminish our hopes about making a change. A more helpful thought would be, “I’m feeling frustrated with my struggle to resist tempting foods, yet I can work on ways to overcome this challenge.”
― Angela Wood, The Motivational Interviewing Workbook: Exercises to Decide What You Want and How to Get There

“There is a difference between feeling anger and expressing anger.”
― Carissa Gustafson PsyD, Reclaim Your Life: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in 7 Weeks