Martha Beck
Martha Beck
Martha Nibley Beckis an American sociologist, life coach, best-selling author, and speaker who specializes in helping individuals and groups achieve personal and professional goals. She holds a bachelor's degree in East Asian Studies and master's and Ph.D. degrees in sociology, both from Harvard University. Beck is the daughter of deceased LDS Church scholar and apologist, Hugh Nibley. She received national attention after publication in 2005 of her best-seller, Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth29 November 1962
CountryUnited States of America
I've developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the future. I do it every day.
When making a decision, focus on what feels "shackles off" versus "shackles on".
I explain to everyone I deal with-co-workers, children, friends-that I'm transitionally challenged and they should call me on my cell phone if I'm even a few minutes late. Such calls often come in when I'm happily writing or rearranging the furniture. The monochrones in my life are so organized, they have no trouble remembering to remind me to show up.
If you're religious, it gives you a perspective.
Recurrent floods of sadness and anger gradually wash away the rubble of the defunct relationship, leaving only the bits of treasure: the remembered moments of real communion, a new understanding of your own mistakes, a clear picture of the dysfunctions you will never tolerate again.
When you're weary, find relief. When you're strong, find delight.
A joyful life isn’t about others; it’s about the brightness that is associated with being alive. Your path to it is through anything that replaces thinking with pure flight, pure joy.
Don't let your life revolve around whatever you're trying not to do or feel. Live to experience, not to avoid.
Your individuality is the most valuable thing you have.
If you did nothing but pursue the truth about yourself for the rest of your life, you would never run out of fresh discoveries.
The way out of fear isn’t safety. It’s freedom.
People don’t cry when they lose their hope. They cry when they get it back.
The process of spotting fear and refusing to obey it is the source of all true empowerment.
The really potent part of love is that it allows you to carry around beliefs about yourself that make you feel special, desirable, precious, innately good. Your lover couldn't have seen [these qualities] in you, even temporarily, if they weren't part of your essential being.