Lisa Christie, Ph.D.

Human rights are basic. They only become "political" when someone is seeking to deny them to others. tricycle.org/trikedaily/budd…

Self forgiveness often clears the path to forgiving others

Do you have an inner critic? We learn to speak to ourselves in a particular way, usually how others have spoken to us at some time.

No one can be more human than you. ~Maya Angelou

You will not get healthy behavior from a sick person or logical statements from an illogical person. ~IACA

Because language contains a culture within itself, when language changes, a culture is also changing in important ways. ~Carolyn Merchant

When you understand the roads other people walk, it is easier to feel compassion.

Adventure is a nutrient, not a frivolity. ~Julia Cameron

Alice Walker invites us to think critically about the things we most take for granted.

10 Reasons Why I Love Women's Pro Soccer And You Should, Too msmagazine.com/blog/2013/09/…

Yesterday's manna is not today's manna.

An abuser's [sense of self] worth is derived from a sense of one upmanship and winning over others. ~Patricia Evans, The Verbally Abusive Relationship

Smiling triggers mood-boosting endorphins.

Recovering our personal power involves remembering & valuing our own wants and needs.

The abuser is determine not to admit his manipulation and control. If he did, he would [need to] come face to face with his own feelings [of lack of an intrinsic sense of self worth]. ~Patricia Evans

Since the verbal abuser derives his sense of power from Power Over, he feel powerless within. Feeling powerless, he may get what he wants through manipulation.~Patricia Evans, The Verbally Abusive Relationship

When one feels seen and appreciated in their own eseence, one is instantly empowered. ~Wes Angelozzi

Some people learn to use their anger to control others.

I am oppressed if I am thrown into prison, but not if I am kept from throwing my neighbor into prison. ~Simone de Beauvoir

I am coming to believe that pre-writing is one of the most empowering and productive ways of *writing.*

Few things have made my life as hard as the belief that life is hard by necessity.