Peter Selato

“A truthful self-inventory leads not only to a better understanding our own shortcomings. It also allows us to more objectively appraise and respond to the shortcomings of others.”
― Anna Lembke

“…the discovery some decades ago that contrary to previous teaching, humans can generate new neurons in the brain into the middle and late adulthood”
― Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

“Social media propels our tendency toward self-shame by inviting so much invidious distinction. We’re now comparing ourselves not just to our classmates, neighbors, and coworkers, but to the whole world, making it all too easy to convince ourselves that we should have done more, or gotten more, or just lived differently.”
― Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

“Shame makes us feel bad about ourselves as people, whereas guilt makes us feel bad about our actions while preserving a positive sense of self.”
― Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence