Jen Kirkman Quotes

I'm aware that I am flawed. I'm aware that I have issues. I'm aware that I need to be able to be healthy, not just physically but mentally.

Everything that these folks are saying that they're trying to move away from, like comparison, perfectionism, judgement, and exhaustion as a status symbol - that all describes my life. It was more like a medical researcher studying a disease and figuring out he or she has it.

In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.

Well. I'm probably not loving myself like I should, but I'm really trying.

Everyday I strive to, at least, recognise my short-comings and the things I have to do to be the best person that I can possibly be.

I would say that I began with a very edgy, very driven personality and after a sufficient amount of therapy over many, many years, I managed to become rather relaxed and happy.

I dislike the word 'self-help.' Self-awareness, yes, but not self-help.

You know, I don't think, you know, therapy never ends, really.

I love being in therapy. It's just constantly fulfilling for me.

I'm on a constant path of self-discovery and change. I'm trying to become a better person, a nicer person. I love therapy - it's brilliant.

You need to feed yourself with emotions and life or you'll become empty.

I'm like a recovering perfectionist. For me it's one day at a time.

I've been in therapy. I know enough about myself now to know that I really don't need to know anymore.

The greatest gift that you can give yourself is a little bit of your own attention.

When you gather up all the balls of life that you try to juggle, it is a very difficult thing to try to focus in on taking good care of yourself. But that's why God invented me - so I can come and teach and preach and make people laugh and give them some education so they can start liking themselves better.

I think that there is a tragic misfit at the core of me, and I've just done a lot of work on myself. I love a good self-help book; I've read a ton of them. I love self-help seminars and therapy and all that.

This gives us more time to attend the inner need.

Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

My therapy has come from paying attention to my life.

I love distracting myself, just like anyone else. But I also feel a more urgent need in myself to make an effort, to be present, and to try to be something that is in favor of life. Of human life.

I'm a big believer in evolution, growth, and in being the best you that you can be, and I feel like the first step to doing that is getting mentally healthy.

I used to be very revenge-motivated, but that's just because I'm a Scorpio. Now I'm more so, like, practice honesty just because it makes you feel better.

All of these guys who went through rehab have done so much therapy and so much work on themselves that they're totally open to talking about anything because they've done a lot of healing. You have to respect that.

I have therapy. Every day. I read a bit of Freud; I try to be a better person. Every day.

I haven't been that great at attending my own openings. Still, I'm learning to enjoy this a lot more than I used to.