Self-compassion - being supportive and kind to yourself, especially in the face of stress and failure - is associated with more motivation and better self-control.
Kelly McgonigalRead
When you choose to connect with others under stress, you can create resilience.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Connecting with others during stressful times can help build resilience.
This quote highlights the importance of social connections in times of stress. It suggests that collaboration and support from others not only provide emotional relief but also foster resilience, enabling individuals to cope better with challenges and adversity.
Themes
ConnectStressResilienceSupportRelationships
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about the benefits of teamwork during crises.
More from Kelly Mcgonigal
All quotes βChasing meaning is better for your health than trying to avoid discomfort.
Kelly McgonigalRead
We all have the tendency to believe self-doubt and self-criticism, but listening to this voice never gets us closer to our goals. Instead, try on the point of view of a mentor or good friend who believes in you, wants the best for your, and will encourage you when you feel discouraged.
Kelly McgonigalRead
My favorite definition of the mindful path is the one the reveals itself as you walk down it. You cannot find the path until you step on to it.
Kelly McgonigalRead
Similar quotes
The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.
Ambrose BierceRead
Maybe one of the most heartening findings from the psychology of pleasure is there's more to looking good than your physical appearance. If you like somebody, they look better to you. This is why spouses in happy marriages tend to think that their husband or wife looks much better than anyone else thinks that they do.
Paul BloomRead
Everything he'd done with regard to her in the last three years had been calculated to foreclose the intensely personal sort of talks they'd had when he was younger: to get her to shut up, to train her to contain herself, to make her stop pestering him with her overfull heart and her uncensored self. And now that the training was complete and she was obediently trivial with him, he felt bereft of her and wanted to undo it.
Jonathan FranzenRead
The source of all life and knowledge is in #β man and #β woman , and the source of all living is in the interchange and the meeting and mingling of these two: man-life and woman-life, man-knowledge and woman-knowledge , man-being and woman-being.
D. H. LawrenceRead
Our bodies aren't strangers,' he said, his voice ragged. 'Our spirits aren't strangers'. He held her face in his hands. 'Tell me what part of me is stranger to you and I'll destroy that part of me.' And she wept to hear his words.
Melina MarchettaRead
We do Godβs work for our brothers and sisters when we learn to listen to them. So often Christians, especially preachers, think that their only service is always to have to 'offer' something when they are together with other people. They forget that listening can be a greater service than speaking. Many people seek a sympathetic ear and do not find it among Christians, because these Christians are talking even when they should be listening.
Dietrich BonhoefferRead