Garth Brooks Quotes

I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.

My life off the court has changed. I'm feeling good inside, so I guess it shows on the outside too.

This is really America in therapy, people trying to get themselves together and be whole.

Therapy, as opposed to analysis, is a whole construct of myth, beautiful and creative.

Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

I didn't want to repeat my mistakes so I stopped, took some time out and started having therapy. My songs were bringing up feelings inside of me I didn't really understand, so I wanted to understand where they were coming from to help me be a better person and a better songwriter.

People think my work is therapeutic. I don't see it that way. It's not like I'm saving money from a weekly therapy visit by writing down my life.

We may define therapy as a search for value.

My feeling on therapy is it's a luxury, and if you're fortunate enough to get some smart people to talk to about life, then that's fortunate and you should go for it.

Through therapy and a lot of thinking and writing my memoirs, I've been able to use my life as a lesson.

I care about me now. When I didn't care about me, I was, like, 'Why is this going wrong? Why is my life so bad?' But when you don't care about yourself, nobody else is going to care about you. So I learned to love myself, even if nobody else does.

Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

Therapy was the biggest romance of my life.

It's kind of chased away a few demons for me and, um, it's educated me a little bit more.

I try to dig deep into my soul to figure out something positive in the pain. I think I go to certain places when I play to heal.

You're as sick as your secrets, and my whole life was a secret, so it's just... it's been really healing, and I've found a lot of inner peace by just owning everything and moving forward from there.

I've had a lot of therapy in my life.

I'm grateful to songwriting and recovery to bringing me to a place of peace.

It's not too late actually to speak to somebody about psychology, it's never too late.

Forgiveness is the most powerful thing you can do for yourself. If you can't learn to forgive, you can forget about achieving true success in your life.

You dig deep beyond those scars and find that soft tissue again, and you massage and nurture it and bring it to life, little by little, through serving yourself well. I did it through hikes and vitamins and therapy and prayer and good friends.

I write and speak about personal and spiritual growth. One week I write about illness and another week I speak about relationships and another week I write about work and money and another week I speak to people with obesity issues. I write about whatever wounds seem to cry out for more enlightened solutions, and the love that heals them all.

I realized that the reason why my head was so cluttered and why I was so unstable and not taking care of myself, all of these things, was that I was unhappy. If I wanted to get to a happier place and find some kind of peace, I was going to have to address problems with myself, things from my life up until that point that I hadn't dealt with: insecurities, fears, and those kinds of things.

Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step.

One of the greatest things my therapist said to me ... and it really blew my mind in the greatest way, he just said, "Look in the mirror less."