Quotes for the Journey
Sometimes a good quote can help us along life’s path. Here are a few nuggets of EFT wisdom to support you and your loved ones on the journey!
“The cycle is the bad guy. Neither partner is the bad guy.”
“Get out of the cycle before you get out of the relationship.”
“Unprocessed fear moves under the surface and tweaks behavior. Unprocessed pain moves under the surface and tweaks behavior.”
“Unprocessed pain limits life options.”
“Where are the pockets of pain? Find the pockets of pain.”
“Isolation is inherently traumatizing to the human brain.”
“Emotion is the music of the dance.”
“Every emotion has a story.”
“If we filter out some emotions, we also filter out some of the love.”
“It’s hard to bond in secondary. Primary is where the Velcro happens. ”
“Our brains were made to load-share. ”
“Awareness is the first step to change.”
“Awareness brings agency.”
“Naming is containing.”
“If we can name it, we can unhook from it.”
“What’s shareable is bearable.”
“Load share. Co-regulate.”
“Shift from coping individually to coping relationally.”
“Cycles speed things up. We need to slow it down.”
“Give yourself some grace space.”
“Tense and fast, connection can’t last. Calm and slow, connect and grow.”
“Keep it real. Keep it safe.”
“Safety first.”
“You have to feel it to heal it.”
“Share from below the chin.”
“Lead with your need. Set up a clear target right up front so you partner knows how to hit the target and be effective with you. ”
“We ignore our fear, and we put ourselves in peril. Unprocessed fear tweaks behavior, unprocessed fear makes us rigid, unprocessed fear limits our emotional range. Fear changes us, hardens our hearts, puts a veil or a wedge between us and our loved ones. Don’t get in the habit of ignoring your fear, because that will cost you something sooner or later.”
More Relationship Quotes … from the Non-EFT World:
“As a culture, we could improve our national happiness levels by making sure people focus most on what is primary — marriage and intimate relationships — and not on what is important but secondary — their careers.”
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
“Real love accepts people as they are … with room for who they may become.””