Words to Avoid!
“Avoid the words “have to” it says we have no choice. The truth is that there are only three things we ‘have to’ do in this world… we have to be born, we have to die, and we have to live until we die. Everything else is a choice!”
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~ Bill Crawford
Perspective… Will Created by Choice or by Chance
“Our perspective, or the meaning that we attach to our stories we tell ourselves makes us either bitter or better. I suggest we do this by choice, and not by chance.”
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~ Bill Crawford, PhD
The Neuroscience of Unhappiness
“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.”
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~ Marcel Pagnol
The Neuroscience of Responding Vs. Reacting
“We don’t have to learn to react…it happens automatically. We do, however, want to learn to respond in a way that we would recommend to someone we love.”
~ Bill Crawford, PhD
How to Use the Past to Change the Present & the Future!
“The past does not exist as a factual recounting of what happened, but as an experience that we are constantly recreating in our mind… which means we can use the past to change the present and the future!.”
~ Bill Crawford, PhD
The Neuroscience of Denial
“A life of denial can often be a form of self-delusion. . .What are we pretending not to know?!”
~ Ken Frogley
Training the Unconscious Brain
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will control your life!”
~ Carl Jung
Who is Pushing Our Buttons?
“If buttons are to be pushed, let’s ensure we are doing the pushing, and the buttons represent what we want in ourselves and others.”
~ Bill Crawford, PhD
The Neuroscience of Exhaustion!
“Sustained exhaustion is not a sign of determination, it is a signal that we have depleted our resources, and are no longer able to function at our best.”
~ Bill Crawford, PhD