Gabrielle bernstein quotes

Most people don't walk around the tools to process pain and fear, that kind of discomfort. In most cases, it's unbearable to look at it, feel it, and/or address it. It's why I'm such a fan of self-help books.

You have to know your triggers for stress and then have rituals for combating them.

Putting your well-being first - like putting your oxygen mask on before you help the person next to you - that really benefits all your relationships.

If your stress is related to another person, finding forgiveness - changing your thoughts and energy around that person - can lower stress.

The more we tune into our own frequency of love, the more love will spread.

We're not really brought up in a culture where we believe we're meant to be happy, that peace is our birthright. It's not what we're taught; quite the opposite, actually. With all the expectations and the negative stories going on in the world, we have a lot to overcome.

Stressing and obsessing over your vision blocks it.

I think quite often we hold onto trauma because we don't process it.

It’s time to let go, be guided and expect miracles.

The more difficult it is to forgive someone the greater the opportunity for spiritual growth.

Sometimes your higher self will guide you to make mistakes so you can learn lessons.

Take action once a day to do something that ignites your life.

Remember that you have a choice in what you see. If you choose to see a person's darkness, you strengthen your darkness within. If you choose to see their light, you shine from the inside out.

Right now we're in a special and powerful position, because the world is having a spiritual awakening.

What makes me most happy is connecting with others. I love meeting new people, being social, and engaging in empowering discussions.

The people who inspire me most are those who are willing to see the world from a loving perspective. People who perceive obstacles as opportunities and problems as spiritual assignments. People who choose love.

It's very easy to look for happiness outside ourselves; in a relationship, a dream job, or the perfect body weight. When we chase happiness externally, we're simply looking for God in all the wrong places. The outside search is based on false projections we place on the world. These projections build up a wall against true happiness, which lies within us.

Happiness is your choice. You can choose today.

The great paradox is that our lack of faith in love and miracles is what blocks us from receiving love and miracles.

Dreams are the way to unfulfilled wishes in the individual; visions are the way to unfulfilled dreams in mankind.

All the happiness, self-confidence, and support you're seeking is already within you.

Bring acceptance and compassionate self-talk. Say nice things to yourself - you're the only one listening. Tell yourself, I am doing the best I can.

You must develop a rich inner life to enjoy life altogether.

The issue is that if you hold onto the resentment against yourself, you're just going to recreate that destructive pattern in different forms because unconsciously it's still a belief system that limits you.

Letting go of control, that's actually when you're safe.

For me, if I get up and don't meditate and don't eat something before having caffeine, I go from 0 to 10 on the stress scale.

If I jump out of bed without hugging my husband, that creates stress between us.

I believe it is my duty to share the gifts I have learned. How dare I have the tools for finding serenity and not share them with the world?

The second you change the way you look at a situation, your stress levels drop.

The moment you accept that there's a guidance system supporting you, then you experience a new sense of freedom and peace.

The universe will always remove what is no longer serving you.

Choosing love will bring you great joy and great happiness - that happiness is a choice you make.

Each time we make this shift and choose happiness, we experience a miracle. Our mind shifts from fearful delusions and reconnects to our truth, which is love. Creating these shifts requires a dedicated commitment to choosing love.

Let go of what you think you need & what you really need will show up.

I've worked very hard to transform my fearful delusions into loving beliefs, and I am committed to maintaining this way of being.

I recommend free writing in the morning and the evening as a type of mental shower.

I am willing to see things differently. I am willing to see love.

Much of our anxiety and stress comes when we're focused on fear and disconnected from the voice of our inner guide.

Now is the perfect time to make powerful change-your willingness is at an all-time high.

When we fulfill our function, which is to truly love ourselves and share love with others, then true happiness sets in.

Your skin will get better, you're going to be more attractive, you're more likely to get a job - all the things you want, you will get as a result of being in a more calm place.

On a piece of paper, write down the thing that is stressing you, the obstacle that is in your way. Then put it in a box and just leave it there. At the end of about a week, dispose of it - throw it in the trash or bury it - some sort of ritualistic act of releasing it.

We associate stress with action, but how can you take action without stress? You take the right actions with a different energy. Yes, that might affect the speed at which you work or how much you get done in one day, but you'll probably get things done more efficiently.

Healing opportunities can be disguised as people who really piss you off. Pay attention because they could be your greatest teachers.

Even if you're just making a list of all the things you have to do, putting your pen to paper gets it out of your head. It puts you in this place of release.

What you believe, you receive.

The more you retrain yourself to choose happiness over fear, the more blissful you will be.

The key to serenity is trusting that the universe has your back.

I learned that real happiness doesn’t come from getting but from giving.

Have a vision but hold it lightly, wear it like a loose garment.

The first thing is to be willing. You must become willing to feel the discomfort that's occurred and/or shown up. Some of it is taking ownership of your part in the situation, to clean it up and be willing to make amends.

When the masses begin to vibrate with an energy of love, the world will no longer be a container for war, violence, and lies.

Being less stressed doesn't mean that you stop doing things.

Each day when you wake up, say: "What miracles would you have me perform today?" Then listen.

Today I no longer need to change the world around me. I just need to change the way I see it.

Stress is actually the number one thing that blocks people from their happiness and well-being and from getting what they want.

I believe in any kind of personal growth practice that can help you gather the tools that you can then apply to resentment, anger, pain, and rage in order to heal your past resentments toward yourself and others, and then deal with them in the moment so you don't carry them for a decade or more.

Your energy has far more power than you can even imagine. There is energy in your spoken words, in your emails, and in your physical presence.

Neglecting passion blocks creative flow. When you're passionate, you're energized. Likewise, when you lack passion, your energy is low and unproductive. Energy is everything when it comes to being successful.

True abundance isn't based on our net worth, it's based on our self-worth.

When you focus on your greatness you elevate everyone around you.

There is a massive call for more lightworkers, and now is our time to rise up and bring more positivity to the world.

Learning presence is a stress buster.

Allow your passion to become your purpose, and it will one day become your profession.

When we function from a place of positive energy, the world around us becomes more positive.

I would suggest that the next generation stop looking for happiness outside of themselves but instead turn inward.

I believe that simple, consistent shifts in our thinking and actions can lead to the miraculous in all aspects of our daily lives, including our relationships, finances, bodies, and self-image.

Trust me when I say: Your commitment to love is crucial in the awakening of the world.

Letting go of stress means that you can enjoy your life.

To begin your commitment to new perceptions, start by paying attention to attack thoughts toward yourself and others.

When you repeat a new pattern often, you literally change the neural pathways in your brain. This shift helps true change settle in.

Those who are certain of the outcome can afford to wait, and wait without anxiety.

Forgiveness isn't about letting the other person off the hook - it's about releasing ourselves.

The moment we begin to celebrate ourselves and focus on our successes is the moment we begin living.

When love is the trend, there is no room for violence and war.

By growing a spiritual practice, we are given all that we need.

There's a fine line between helping others and being a people pleaser, and mistaking one for the other can be hugely detrimental. When we put others' needs before our own, we deplete our energy, which can lead to depression, physical illness, and overwhelm.

Be faithful that your authentic power is all you need to truly share your light with the world.

Fear and stress - one creates the other.

Whenever you notice your thoughts detour into attack mode, say out loud or to yourself: Happiness is a choice I make.

Resentment creates stress.

Be real. That's part of being present.

Get naked with your truth, offering the world your greatest gift: your authentic self.

I feel very accomplished. It makes me feel great to know that I am impacting lives and of service to the world.

True manifesting is allowing the universe to catch up with your dreams.

First you have to witness that you are stressing out: Oh, my trigger is here. The news is stressing me out or This line is so long. Let yourself feel it. You don't want to spiritually bypass these problems. Give yourself a couple of minutes to sit in the feeling. Acceptance sets you free from the stress of expectation.

You let go of the past, and stop bringing the past into the present and replaying it into the future. You release guilt, shame, and you can create an entirely new pattern for yourself.

If you clear that negative feeling and forgive yourself, then you can see the world from a different lens. You stop attracting that same type of experience. You can set yourself free.

When energy speeds up there is no space for playing small, and nothing can remain hidden.

What makes me vulnerable is speaking up about topics that may be controversial to others.

Let's begin creating miracles now.

The truth is that fear cannot coexist with love. Therefore, we must learn how to dissolve all boundaries with love by taking responsibility for our own energy. In doing so, we'll raise the energy around us.

My definition of God is the ever-present essence of love.

If you're living your life avoiding stress, you must be living on an ashram.

I think maintenance comes from a daily spiritual growth practice of some kind: prayer, meditation, affirmations. Something that keeps you in the consciousness of higher thoughts and energy. That's also how you make sure you don't do it again.

The happier and more stress-free you are, the more people will want to be around you and the more your friends will respect you.

I’ve learned that fear is simply an illusion based on past experiences that we project into the present and onto the future.

You have to be ready to receive help, whether that be through a book, a therapist or counselor, or a doctor of some kind. That willingness can lead you through a door to the other side, and that's where healing can truly begin.

When you choose to perceive Love over fear, life begins to flow.

If you stay in that new flow of positive behavior, it's hard to revert back to old patterns. But if you do fall off, just forgive yourself, recover quickly, and get right back on.

You can't make people be or do what you want. All you can do is be unapologetic about what you want and let others show up however they can.

Repeating a new behavior is what makes change stick.

There is a sense of urgency and this is a time for teachers and I think that there is this psychic awareness with this new generation of seekers that they are here to teach and so that they really need to wake up fast, much like we did, because we know that we must show up at a very high level and so therefore I think that there is an unconscious sense of urgency like I need to do this and not just for me, but for something greater and they may not be able to put that into words, but they are experiencing it.

Joy is a big stress buster too. Measure your success by how much fun you're having.

If you're feeling stressed or anxious and you don't know why, ask yourself: What little thing led me here? Recently, I canceled on a friend because I was tired. I went to bed feeling stressed out, and I realized, I feel bad because I canceled.

Inside we are all Golden Buddha's, but we grew to believe we were made of clay. Our ego's false perceptions led us to grow into a belief system that covered our inner light. We've spent years, maybe decades, masking our truth. Now it's time to embrace our light and reconnect with our Golden Buddha within.

Letting yourself off the hook takes the stress away.

A miracle is a shift in perception. The moment that we choose to perceive our life with love, we can create miraculous change.

If you're stuck in traffic, call a friend or listen to a favorite podcast. If you're waiting in a long line, make friends with a person in line with you. There are lots of ways we can change the vibe.

At some point all lies are brought to the surface and truth comes forth no matter how hard we try to hide it.

The simple intention to surrender control is all you need to experience miracles.

People carry around resentment for years! And that creates daily stress.

Spirit seeker is someone who remembers there is a power greater than themselves and who is willing to reconnect with it.

We won't let ourselves feel our anger, rage, and pain. We push it down or anesthetize it through drugs, alcohol, shopping, or whatever we do in order not to feel it. When that memory and the associated feelings get lodged down there in our soul, the feelings are still there. They don't just magically go away. We have to give ourselves the opportunity to feel them.

We're not going to stop trying to live big. It's about transforming your stress so that it doesn't take over. The first step is to realize that it is there and that you are trying to outrun your fear.

Each person's energy matters.

You'll realize the transformation is not for you alone. You'll learn that you're here to use this gift to shine light on the dark world around you. You become a miracle worker in the world. As you begin to understand how love is crucial to the healing of the world, your miracle work will take on a whole new meaning.

I think stress is an addiction. It can be tied to work addiction or busyness addiction or success addiction.

So much of what holds us back in life are the long-held resentments stemming from childhood.

I let go of my need to control and allow the Universe to do her thing.

When we function from a fearful, low-level energetic state, our thoughts and energy can literally pollute the world.