Attitude As a life coach, I love makeovers, from new clothes to surgery, pedicures to highlights. But redoing makes you feel better only if approached with the... Martha Beck 27
Soul Ten years ago, I still feared loss enough to abandon myself in order to keep things stable. I'd smile when I was sad, pretend to like people who... Martha Beck 28
Freedom You have the freedom to live and let live, to love and let love. Granting yourself that freedom is one of the healthiest, most constructive things you... Martha Beck 29
Death I feel about aging the way William Saroyan said he felt about death: Everybody has to do it, but I always believed an exception would be made in my... Martha Beck 30
Death No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from life's slings and arrows, and... Martha Beck 34
Anger Self-pity, a dominant characteristic of sociopaths, is also the characteristic that differentiates heroic storytelling from psychological... Martha Beck 26
