Phil McGraw Quotes

Well, I think everyone struggles with self-love.

There definitely was a time when I was pretty obsessed with my weight, but I'm better off not stressing about my body all the time.

They say you'll be blooming when you're in love; I agree, but what is important to bloom is taking care of yourself, too.

I still have to work on my weight and some of my other demons.

I spent a lot of my life holding back my cries, and I want to change that because it's not good for me.

I'm going to let myself off the hook, because if there's one thing that is not my focus at the moment, it's how much I weigh.

There are times in my life when I haven't been happy. Sometimes it's not even physical, it's something else. The key is identifying why you're unhappy and doing whatever you can to fix it in a healthy way.

I can live with myself.

If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.

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

For so many years, I felt so insecure, so inferior, and I still have those moments, but I have a newfound confidence since I got in shape and changed my diet.

My best friend is me, and I take good care of me.

Maybe I am a little bit guilty of trying to convince myself that I am cool to this point - even today. But I am so much more healthy than I used to be in my twenties, because I was not accepted at all.

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself.

Lately though I've been in love with myself and I've become my own best friend.

Fortunately, I don't spend too much time reading or worrying about what people have to say, but the goal for me throughout this whole process - throughout my whole life - is to try to be happy.

At the surface, many people's goals are to lose weight, tone up, feel better, etc. But superficial goals get superficial results that usually fade. Dig a little deeper, and the 'why' is usually unveiled: to be more confident, to be more happy, to feel sexy again.

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

I think no matter how successful our lives may seem to the outside world, we all have our personal struggles.

This gives us more time to attend the inner need.

Every day is a reminder to accept myself as I am.

I spent my life figuring out ways to make the room OK with me.

I feel like there's more to life then worrying about the way that you look.

All I can focus on is what I can control and that's being happy. My own happiness.

There's a lot of insecurities and I think that's being human. There's highs and lows and it's about navigating through that.