Tom Butler-Bowdon Quotes

The contribution of humanistic psychology to better relationships is recognized by the inclusion of Carl Rogers, whose influential book reminds us that relationships cannot flower if they don't have a climate of listening and nonjudgmental acceptance, and that empathy is the mark of a genuine person.

In short, every child develops in ways that best allow them to compensate for weakness; "a thousand talents and capabilities arise from our feelings of inadequacy," Adler noted.

Burns notes the catch-22 nature of depression: The worse we feel, the more distorted our thoughts become, and this thinking plunges us even lower into black feelings about ourselves. Nearly

We do just about anything to avoid pain and preserve a sense of self, and this compulsion often results in us creating psychological defenses.

Anyone can get a job, but do you have a purpose?

Trust your intuition, rather than technology, to protect you from violence.

The more choices we have, the greater the need for focus.

What we think we lack determines what we will become in life.

Most of us cherish freedom, but when we actually get the opportunity to make our own way it can be terrifying.

People who use the sensing mode are engrossed in what is around them, look only for facts, and find it less interesting to deal with ideas or abstractions. Intuitive people like to dwell in the unseen world of ideas and possibilities, distrustful of physical reality. Whatever

This work led cognitive therapists such as Aaron Beck, David D. Burns, and Albert Ellis to build treatment around the idea that our thoughts shape our emotions, not the other way around. By

Autobiography of a Yogi is justifiably celebrated as one of the most entertaining and enlightening spiritual books ever written.