It’s hard to talk about love because most of the time, we have no idea what we’re talking about. Gina Barreca Read Quote
I’m pretty much done with mindfulness. I’m just going to start paying attention. Gina Barreca Read Quote
I passed my classes because I displayed effort, not because I learned math. But how can we help young people understand life rarely gives partial credit for effort, especially if that effort doesn’t lead to understanding or success? Gina Barreca Read Quote
Sometimes things can take a very long time and still not be very good. It took us all of evolutionary history just to get where we are today, for instance, and mostly where we are today is on the couch. Gina Barreca Read Quote
Two things I do for maintenance: I get a manicure once a month, and I see my therapist about every six weeks. I am happy to report that, at this point, my nails crack more often than I do. Gina Barreca Read Quote
Women feel like we’re fat if we can’t wear the clothes we wore in high school. Men, in contrast, only start to feel fat only when they can no longer fit into a foreign car. Gina Barreca Read Quote
I see taking care of my emotional and mental health in the same way that I see taking care of a garment: After it’s been through wear and tear, it needs attention. Gina Barreca Read Quote
Every patient tends to bury the most important story inside some other story, just the way new writers often ‘bury the lede.’ ‘Burying the lede’ is an old journalism term for when you only find out the real point about halfway into the article, but it also applies to therapy. Gina Barreca Read Quote
For many of us, our proms were less Walt Disney’s ‘Cinderella’ and more Stephen King’s ‘Carrie.’ The less we spent on them, the better. Gina Barreca Read Quote
