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It is now clear to me that the family is a microcosm of the world. To understand the world, we can study the family: issues such as power, intimacy, autonomy, trust, and communication skills are vital parts underlying how we live in the world. To change the world is to change the family.
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Your responses to the events of life are more important than the events themselves.
Many people are living in an emotional jail without realizing it.
The full life is filled with vulnerability, not defense. You face whatever feeling there is.
You have learned what you have learned very well. It has helped you survive.
People prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty
The symbol in Chinese for crisis is made up of two ideographs: one means danger, the other means opportunity. This symbol is a reminder that we can choose to turn a crisis into an opportunity or into a negative experience.
The message sent is not always the message received.
As a therapist, I am a companion. I try to help people tune into their own wisdom.
It's sad that children cannot know their parents when they were younger; when they were loving, courting, and being nice to one another. By the time children are old enough to observe, the romance has all too often faded or gone underground.
Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves.
