Life From The Top Of The Mind

"When our worries and fears just don’t make sense, it’s possible we are trusting the part of the brain that doesn’t make sense… it just reacts." ~ Bill Crawford, PhD (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"Don't blame the clown for acting like a clown... Ask why we keep going back to the circus?" ~ Unknown (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control." Bill Crawford, PhD (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"Change isn't the problem. People can deal with change, they just can't deal with being changed." ~ Adapted from Peter Senge (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"Great solutions include serenity and acceptance as the precursors to courage and change." ~ Bill Crawford, PhD (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"Each day befriend a single fear, and the miscellaneous terrors of being human will never join together to form such a morass of vague anxiety that it rules your life from the shadows of the unconscious. We learn to fly not by being fearless, but by the daily practice of courage." ~ Sam Keen (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"Avoid the words "have to" it says we have no choice. There are only three things we 'have to' do in this world... we have to be born, we have to die, and we have to live until we die. Everything else is a choice!" ~ Bill Crawford, PhD (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?" ~ Satchel Paige (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

“Our perspective, or the meaning that we attach to our stories we tell ourselves makes us either bitter or better. I suggest we do this by choice, and not by chance.” ~ Bill Crawford, PhD (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"We don't have to learn to react…it happens automatically. We do, however, want to learn to respond in a way that we would recommend to someone we love." ~ Bill Crawford, PhD (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"The past doesn't exist as a factual recounting of what happened, but as an experience that we are constantly recreating in our mind… which means we can use the past to change the present and the future." ~ Bill Crawford, PhD (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"A life of denial can often be a form of self-delusion. . .What are we pretending not to know?" ~ Ken Frogley (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will control your life!" ~ Carl Jung (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"Sustained exhaustion is not a sign of determination, it is a signal that we have depleted our resources, and are no longer able to function at our best." ~ Bill Crawford, PhD (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void." ~ Bill Crawford, PhD (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

“Stress is a chemical reaction in our brain and body designed to prepare us for fight or flight. These chemicals do not exist in the situation but in us. No situation is “full of stress,” and therefore, there's no such thing as a stressful situation.” ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"Freedom isn't about having permission to do whatever we want...it's about having the courage to do whatever fills our life with meaning." ~ Bill Crawford, PhD (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

“That’s just common sense” is used by many to justify their perspective. However, how we “sense” or understand life varies greatly from individual to individual. Therefore, rather than needing to justify our “sense” as “common,” how about we just ensure that our perceptions are purposeful, and congruent with what we would recommend to someone we love? ~ Bill Crawford, PhD (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"The best response to any insult or unwarranted criticism is to ask a question. Curiosity and confidence always go hand in hand. It does, of course, have to be the right question." ~ Bill Crawford, PhD (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)

"When our worries and fears just don't make sense, it's possible we are trusting the part of the brain that doesn't make sense… it just reacts." ~ Bill Crawford, PhD (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com/quote-video-blog/)