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"No matter what problems we struggle with—anxiety, depression, negative rumination, self-doubt, chronic pain—they do not have to keep us from acting in a way that brings our lives meaning and purpose."

— Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D.

A Liberated Mind
"The brain is malleable and can be reshaped, and thus so can the neural circuits that contribute to depression and anxiety."

— Alex Korb

The Upward Spiral
"When our Inner Child feels consistently unloved by our Inner Adult, the Child’s false beliefs, adopted in childhood when parents were unloving, are reinforced—beliefs that we are bad, wrong, unlovable, unimportant, inadequate, defective in some way."

— Margaret Paul

Inner Bonding
"Depression hurts. It’s the “black dog” of the night that robs you of joy, the unquiet mind that keeps you awake. It’s a noonday demon that only you can see, the darkness visible only to you."

— Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel V. Segal, and Jon Kabat-Zinn

The Mindful Way Through Depression
"Depression and anxiety are downward spirals: patterns of negative, unhealthy activity and reactivity that the brain ends up stuck in… Recent research has uncovered the power of the upward spiral: the fact that small positive life changes lead to positive brain changes in its electrical activity, its chemical composition, and even its ability to grow new neurons… Upward spirals can reverse the downward patterns of depression and anxiety…"

— Alex Korb

The Upward Spiral
"… by making small changes in your thoughts, actions, interactions, and environment, it’s possible to change the activity and chemistry of the key brain circuits underlying depression and anxiety."

— Alex Korb

The Upward Spiral

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