Quotes by Karen Salmansohn

Its so essential to happiness to speak your truth out loud - because this sharing of your core pain is what creates a necessary healing shift - from negative beliefs about the world - to positive beliefs - and frees you up to be able to fully view life with meaning, purpose and connection with others.

Im a big believer in the power of visualizations. And so are neuroscientists. Numerous studies have proven how merely imagining positive circumstances sends blood flowing from negative brain regions to positive ones.

Marriage counselors in particular all strongly recommend divorcees try to understand their role in a divorce before re-marrying. Statistics show if you re-marry before youve clearly seen things from the biters point of view - youre re-bounded to fail again!

Since I began my practice of Forgiveness Therapy, its now instinctual for me to choose to eat like I love myself - instead of eating like I wanted to punish myself. Plus Ive not only lost weight, Ive lost the anger and anxiety I was feeling, and so I feel happier and calmer within.

Cultivate the habit of zest. Purposefully seek out the beauty in the seemingly trivial. Especially in the trivial. The colors and shapes of the foods you eat. The shadows a vase makes on your table. The interesting faces of the people on the bus with you.

I believe that often people even stay in bad relationships longer than they should because the fear of the pain of dating is scarier than the pain of a bad relationship!

Im a big believer that your life is basically a sum of all the choices you make. The better your choices, the better opportunity to lead a happy life.

Numerous studies have shown how when one person in a romantic coupling gets depressed, the other becomes more depressed.

Remember: You are the common denominator in all your relationship problems. Wherever you go, your pesky repeated issues go - until you shed a blazing light of insight upon them.

In many ways, anger is a misdirected plea for love.

Basically, its in your best mental interest to release your anger so you can see the world more clearly around you and seek better solutions for finding the happy, love-filled life you desire and deserve.

Often, overeating is a way to punish yourself for the anger and resentment youre feeling - either at yourself or someone else.

If your partner is angry with you, recognize that his anger is a misdirected plea for love. Your partners simply upset because he feels something you said or did was a sign of not loving him enough.

“You know whats just as powerful as a good cup of coffee in the morning? Starting your day with some good, loving thoughts. It can change how your whole day unfolds.”

“At your absolute best, you still wont be good enough for the wrong person. At your worst, youll still be worth it to the right person.”