Dr. Martha Beck

You have it tattooed on your bodies, you know. So let them kind of relaxes the spiral. And then when you say, let me, let me do something, given that this person or this world event is happening the way it's happening. Let me assume my response ability, my ability to respond, given that my mind is free. So let me do what? Now you are using the part of your brain that creates.

And there's tons of evidence showing that anxiety shuts down creativity. What there's not a lot of studies about is creativity also shuts down anxiety. So if you can go into that creative space, you will go for three or four hours and then realize, I haven't been anxious for three or four hours. So when you sit down to write, And you shared with me that you have dyslexia, right?

And there's tons of evidence showing that anxiety shuts down creativity. What there's not a lot of studies about is creativity also shuts down anxiety. So if you can go into that creative space, you will go for three or four hours and then realize, I haven't been anxious for three or four hours. So when you sit down to write, And you shared with me that you have dyslexia, right?

And there's tons of evidence showing that anxiety shuts down creativity. What there's not a lot of studies about is creativity also shuts down anxiety. So if you can go into that creative space, you will go for three or four hours and then realize, I haven't been anxious for three or four hours. So when you sit down to write, And you shared with me that you have dyslexia, right?

So the written word has not always been your friend, but you create these amazing books. Think about being inside that creative process. I don't know how you do it. For me, it's always somebody sitting across from me who's in prison. What do you mean? Well, I once met a warden from a woman's prison. And this is when I was doing my Oprah magazine column.

So the written word has not always been your friend, but you create these amazing books. Think about being inside that creative process. I don't know how you do it. For me, it's always somebody sitting across from me who's in prison. What do you mean? Well, I once met a warden from a woman's prison. And this is when I was doing my Oprah magazine column.

So the written word has not always been your friend, but you create these amazing books. Think about being inside that creative process. I don't know how you do it. For me, it's always somebody sitting across from me who's in prison. What do you mean? Well, I once met a warden from a woman's prison. And this is when I was doing my Oprah magazine column.

And she told me that when they tossed the cells, the most common thing they found were copies of my column from Oprah magazine. And I remember going back to my hotel room and crying because... I felt such tremendous empathy with someone sitting, talk about stuck, no options.

And she told me that when they tossed the cells, the most common thing they found were copies of my column from Oprah magazine. And I remember going back to my hotel room and crying because... I felt such tremendous empathy with someone sitting, talk about stuck, no options.

And she told me that when they tossed the cells, the most common thing they found were copies of my column from Oprah magazine. And I remember going back to my hotel room and crying because... I felt such tremendous empathy with someone sitting, talk about stuck, no options.

I think the part of me that was so trapped and found its way to freedom has always been trying to find the trapped part of other people and say, we're going to get you out of here.

I think the part of me that was so trapped and found its way to freedom has always been trying to find the trapped part of other people and say, we're going to get you out of here.

I think the part of me that was so trapped and found its way to freedom has always been trying to find the trapped part of other people and say, we're going to get you out of here.

off the charts is, I'm not good enough. I'm not valuable. I'm not worthy. And it can be imposter syndrome. It can be jealousy. It can be whatever. But the root of it is, I'm not good. Not even enough. I'm not good. The biggest lie ever told. Go to a nursery in a hospital and pick up a baby and tell me which one of them isn't good.

off the charts is, I'm not good enough. I'm not valuable. I'm not worthy. And it can be imposter syndrome. It can be jealousy. It can be whatever. But the root of it is, I'm not good. Not even enough. I'm not good. The biggest lie ever told. Go to a nursery in a hospital and pick up a baby and tell me which one of them isn't good.

off the charts is, I'm not good enough. I'm not valuable. I'm not worthy. And it can be imposter syndrome. It can be jealousy. It can be whatever. But the root of it is, I'm not good. Not even enough. I'm not good. The biggest lie ever told. Go to a nursery in a hospital and pick up a baby and tell me which one of them isn't good.

If we knew ourselves to be that precious, we would automatically live our purpose. If we could experience ourselves as being these innocent creatures that are bumbling through life, and I just, I feel like the powers that be, the divine force of the universe is just going, oh, sweetie, oh, honey, how could you think that? Don't you know?

If we knew ourselves to be that precious, we would automatically live our purpose. If we could experience ourselves as being these innocent creatures that are bumbling through life, and I just, I feel like the powers that be, the divine force of the universe is just going, oh, sweetie, oh, honey, how could you think that? Don't you know?

If we knew ourselves to be that precious, we would automatically live our purpose. If we could experience ourselves as being these innocent creatures that are bumbling through life, and I just, I feel like the powers that be, the divine force of the universe is just going, oh, sweetie, oh, honey, how could you think that? Don't you know?

I mean, I remember looking at some horses once and going, oh, they're so beautiful. And this woman who was with me knew horses and she said, well, that one's swaybacked and that one's... And I'm like, shut up. They're all perfect. They're all beautiful. And when you step out of suffering enough times, you sit down and say, I'm not good enough. It immediately flips to, oh my God, I'm so good. Oh,