“Look around your house and find an item you’ve tried to discard before but just couldn’t. Examine it and think about letting it go. What other thoughts arise? Does your mind struggle to stop you from getting rid of this item? Remember: You really don’t have to obey your mind’s command to hang on to it.”
― Lose the Clutter, Lose the Weight: The Six-Week Total-Life Slim Down
― Lose the Clutter, Lose the Weight: The Six-Week Total-Life Slim Down
“Now’s the time to get rid of your first batch of malignant clutter. If you simply must have a reminder that this stuff was part of your life, take a picture of it, then tuck away the physical photo in a desk or stick the digital version deep into the belly of your computer. It’s time to give this clutter to the world outside your home.”
― Lose the Clutter, Lose the Weight: The Six-Week Total-Life Slim Down
― Lose the Clutter, Lose the Weight: The Six-Week Total-Life Slim Down
“For each piece of malignant clutter, ask yourself: How did this get here? What power does this item have over me? Is this item helping me create the vision I have for the space? Is this item serving any purpose or helping me in some positive way? What feelings linked to this object have kept me from throwing it out? How would I feel if this item disappeared on its own right now? Could this item that’s a source of pain or disappointment to me become a wonderful addition to someone else’s life?”
― Lose the Clutter, Lose the Weight: The Six-Week Total-Life Slim Down
― Lose the Clutter, Lose the Weight: The Six-Week Total-Life Slim Down
“Unbearable pain that is expressed and acknowledged becomes bearable. But borderlines received no such responses in their childhood. Therefore, they are stuck in the past, trying to elicit what they needed as a child—validation of their unbearable pain.”
― Understanding the Borderline Mother
― Understanding the Borderline Mother
“All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry—all forms of fear—are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of non-forgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence.” – Eckhart Tolle”
― How I Stopped Hating My Husband
― How I Stopped Hating My Husband
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