Quotes by Philippa Perry

Philippa Perry

A relapse doesn’t mean you’ll never walk down the path you prefer. But I think relapses are almost an inevitable part of any course of self-development.

Mean

Self

Thinking

A sense of achievement improves general confidence and self-esteem.

Achievement

Self

Self Esteem

After a stroke we can re-learn how to talk, because by practicing we can establish different pathways in the brain, circumnavigating the damaged part.

Brain

Different

Pathways

As we get older it is our short term memory that fades rather than our long term memory. Perhaps we have evolved like this so that we are able to tell the younger generation about the stories and experiences that have formed us which may be important to subsequent generations if they are to thrive.I worry though, about what might happen to our minds if most of the stories we hear are about greed, war, and atrocity

Memories

War

Worry

Beginning a new habit, or ending an old one can feel like letting go of a rope that swings a mile above the ground. So we feel reluctant to let go, after all, we’ve survived so far doing what we’ve done, why risk it.

Letting Go

Risk

Swings

I am talking about being optimistic enough to sow some seeds in the hope that some of them will germinate and grow into flowers.

Flower

Optimistic

Talking

I think there is probably something evolutionary in that we are drawn to the easiest option. But in our age of convenience, cars, ready meals and off the peg mean that we are in danger of being mentally under stretched.

Car

Mean

Thinking

If someone is depressed they tend to retreat within the inner circle of their comfort zone which in the longer term, may contribute to exacerbating a problem rather than soothing it and if not seeking to expand the comfort zone becomes the norm.

Circles

Comfort

Retreat

If we are not using our brains’ capacity for challenge it feels to me as though it atrophies like an unused muscle.

Brain

Capacity

Challenges

If we keep practicing mental skills it is likely we can strengthen neural connections and make new connections.

Connections

Ifs

Skills

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Achievement

Advantage

Artist

Brain

Capacity

Car

Challenges

Chaos

Circles

Collaboration

Comfort

Connections

Couple

Creative

Creativity

Damage

Different

Done

Emotional

Environmental

Expression

Facts

Fall

Filters

Fixed

Flexible

Flower

Healthy

Ifs

Interesting

Kind

Knowing

Letting Go

Looks

Mean

Meditation

Memories

Needs

Optimistic

Order

Parent

Pathways

People

Plastic

Pressure

Process

Realising

Retreat

Risk

Self

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Quotes by Philippa Perry

Philippa Perry

A relapse doesn’t mean you’ll never walk down the path you prefer. But I think relapses are almost an inevitable part of any course of self-development.

A sense of achievement improves general confidence and self-esteem.

After a stroke we can re-learn how to talk, because by practicing we can establish different pathways in the brain, circumnavigating the damaged part.

Beginning a new habit, or ending an old one can feel like letting go of a rope that swings a mile above the ground. So we feel reluctant to let go, after all, we’ve survived so far doing what we’ve done, why risk it.

I am talking about being optimistic enough to sow some seeds in the hope that some of them will germinate and grow into flowers.

I think there is probably something evolutionary in that we are drawn to the easiest option. But in our age of convenience, cars, ready meals and off the peg mean that we are in danger of being mentally under stretched.

If someone is depressed they tend to retreat within the inner circle of their comfort zone which in the longer term, may contribute to exacerbating a problem rather than soothing it and if not seeking to expand the comfort zone becomes the norm.

If we are not using our brains’ capacity for challenge it feels to me as though it atrophies like an unused muscle.

If we keep practicing mental skills it is likely we can strengthen neural connections and make new connections.

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