Andrew Bernstein Quotes

It's time we learned the truth about stress. It's time we identified the thoughts that actually create our stress and learned to dismantle them one by one.

People around the world now complain about stressors everyday, and the word shows up throughout professional and lay literature. But in reality there is no such thing as a stressor. Why not? Because nothing has the inherent power to provoke stress.

The less you think counterfactually, the less you experience stress. Stress, in this light, isn't a bad thing. It's simply a warning system telling you that your mind has lost touch with what's real.

You can't tell yourself that your stress is produced in your head and feel better. You still need to learn how to create a change.

But the majority of things that one could get stressed about, they?re not worth getting stressed about.

Its not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.

I also think stress is related to control. When you're in charge of your life, you tend to not care about losing control of things that don't really matter like traffic jams.

I don't allow the stress of the unknown to affect my health, and I listen to my body when it sends me distress signals.

That's the purpose of stress. It's a friend. It's an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it's time to do The Work.

By putting yourself in that intense form of stress, it makes regular life more peaceful.

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

[Yoga] never calms me. Ever. But it certainly helps me prevent something.

Look closer at the stress in your own life and you can identify that negative emotions are always built on counterfactual statements.

You can't tell yourself that your stress is produced in your head and feel better. You still need to learn how to create a change.

What's taking place during stress is actually much simpler than a transaction between stressful life events and you. There aren't two parties involved in stress. There is only one - your own mind.

Stress is a byproduct of subconscious beliefs you have about the world. You can't choose not to believe something. You believe it because you think it's true. To eliminate stress, you must learn to challenge these beliefs so that you see them differently.

People around the world now complain about stressors everyday, and the word shows up throughout professional and lay literature. But in reality there is no such thing as a stressor. Why not? Because nothing has the inherent power to provoke stress.

The truth is, I'm not a coper. I hate stress. I might appear calm externally but internally it's all going on.

I'm not a big worrier because I just think stress is just not a good thing... it's just like, what's the point?

People always like to hear that they're under stress, makes them feel better. You can imagine what they'd feel if they were told they weren't under stress.

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.

It's not the situation that's causing your stress, it's your thoughts, and you can change that right here and now. You can choose to be peaceful right here and now. Peace is a choice, and it has nothing to do with what other people do or think.

Stress is the spice of life.

Of course, most of the people in this world are stressed, and most of those who are not stressed are totally bored!

Most of our stress and suffering come not from events, but from our thoughts. Reframe from negative thoughts, and stress subsides.