Andrew J. 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.

From my experience, meditating can bring up the most stressful thoughts.

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.

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.

The truth is that stress doesn't come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about these circumstances.

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.

Talking to my mental coach definitely helps. I talk to her every week. Yeah, I mean, she's been helping me a lot, too.

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.

Every time you feel depressed about something, try to identify a corresponding negative thought you had just prior to and during the depression. Because these thoughts have actually created your bad mood, by learning to restructure them, you can change your mood.

Stress is never a given. There are people who get divorced amicably. There are people who pack up and move with no emotional toll. There is no stressor 'out there' in the world. We experience stress - or we don't - depending on what we believe.

Remember that stress doesn't come from what's going on in your life. It comes from your thoughts about what's going on in your life.

You might think that shifting your thoughts is as easy as setting your mind to it. But stressful thoughts aren't held in place through choice or will power. They're held in place through perceived truth value.

I have had moments where I've had mental-health issues and I've felt like yoga and meditating and reading these Buddhist self-help books actually really help.

If you think negatively, it's hard to get out of tense moments.

The power I would like is to be able to turn off negative emotions and bad moods with the flick of a switch.

It's your job to find a release and an outlet for the stress and the feelings. Never forget: the crazy stays at home.

I used to get nervous so I took up Yoga to help me calm down.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

Yeah, I try to be really calm.

I've learned to take care of myself. You know, I try to stay conscious of whatever my energy is at all times, really. I mean, I come home from work, and, depending on the day or depending on what was going on, if I needed to adjust, I'd just meditate, or play guitar, or watch some 'Monty Python.'

I always say I am a realist, and my mom says, 'No, you just have anxiety.'

Meditation was a turning point for me. It helped me deal with a lot of stress and has given me a lot of relaxation.

We are not a victim of our emotions or thoughts. We can understand our triggers and use them as tools to help us respond more objectively.