Nigella Lawson Quotes

In therapy I have learned the importance of keeping spiritual life and professional life balanced. I need to regain my balance.

I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important.

I think I'm still a little too intense for my own good sometimes.

Jail was a result of me not taking time for myself. So I was forced to take some time for myself.

Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.

I'm a real 'go, go' person... I'd make myself crazy by pushing too hard. It's important to pull pack the reins a little bit and get in touch with what's inside.

I know that balance that I need to have in my life.

I'm very driven, and I always have been, but when do you prioritize self-care? It's so important because even to attain success, you must take time to slow down and get to know yourself first.

Since I was young, I've been aware that I need time to myself to process everything.

You have to find ways to find that center, to find that balance, to find sanity, because again, we are getting bigger, and people look at us that way. We have to find that new balance.

Sometimes, when you're doing too much, things get overwhelming. So I just have to calm myself down and think, 'What would my mama want me to do?'

I'm learning what triggers me. What to stay away from. What I do like and what I don't like. To me, I've learned so much about myself that now I'm a stronger person. But I still deal with anxiety. Anxiety doesn't go away.

I think it's just really good to be honest with yourself and if I'm not feeling up for something I have no problem staying in my room in ordering some food and relaxing and managing my energy and kind of just checking in with myself throughout the day.

I have to say I have an amazing therapist. She's my best friend for life. She's taught me how to balance everything out.

I try to pace my life out and try not to be too involved with negativity and try to fix what I can fix in my life.

I've really been working on the emotional and internal issues that made me eat in the first place. It's been a real journey.

When I stuff things down and avoid it or try to work too hard through something that needs to be addressed, that's when life slaps me in the face, and I get told. I got told to slow down.

If the relentless personal maintenance plan has taken over your life, give it a rest.

If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be 'Calm down!'

I let my personal feelings take care of themselves. I find that works better.

Nobody's life is ever all balanced. It's a conscious decision to choose your priorities every day.

I've learned to set boundaries and know when to say, 'I just need to rest.' I'm good at listening to what my body's telling me.

After 'Oz,' I've learned how to check out and not let that stuff get in.

The constant monitoring of our emotional landscape and personal interactions is a bizarre concept. But it is one that could help many people.

I had to focus on some personal areas in my life with the little bit of privacy that I have.