Robert Sapolsky Quotes

The future is to heal back to the mind again. Recognizing that the mind is all powerful - it controls every cell to every degree of its genetic expression.

I always say I am a realist, and my mom says, 'No, you just have anxiety.'

The other thing is that if you rely solely on medication to manage depression or anxiety, for example, you have done nothing to train the mind, so that when you come off the medication, you are just as vulnerable to a relapse as though you had never taken the medication.

I've battled with that type of stuff, but what I've found is that by doing stand-up, I've actually learned about depression and how to combat it. I don't have clinical, but I've definitely had my bouts with it.

I always wanted to see people's lives transformed from depression and anxiety to joy and peace.

If the pressure is getting to you, whistle. In a barely audible way. It's the best way I know of to let go of tension. Music gets your mind off the situation, and the act of whistling melts the tension out of your body.

Meditation was a turning point for me. It helped me deal with a lot of stress and has given me a lot of relaxation.

Once I got cancer of the tongue and throat, I realised that stress is a killer and I had to try and get stress out of my life.

You can't tell yourself that your stress is produced in your head and feel better. You still need to learn how to create a change.

I believe that music in itself heals and that everything is about the power of the mind. I thought if you are happy, you don't get ill. Your health is in your head. When you are satisfied with your work, you don't get ill.

There are people who have benefited from therapy without being confronted with the past at all.

There are a variety of techniques to help people change the kind of thinking that leads them to become depressed. These techniques are called cognitive behavioral therapy.

I would say that I began with a very edgy, very driven personality and after a sufficient amount of therapy over many, many years, I managed to become rather relaxed and happy.

I never thought getting older would be so great. But when it comes to depression, I have experienced less the older I've gotten.

All behavioral or mood disorders - including depression, OCD, ADHD and addiction - have some neurochemical components, but sufferers can still work to overcome them.

We know well and we know chronically ill, but there is a whole bunch of gray in between where I think we can heal people before they become chronically sick. I believe our thoughts make us sick.

There are plenty of studies that have shown that depression is associated with decreased immunity. So I want to harness all of the positive emotional energy I can in a patient to get better.

The best therapists can do with sadness, anger, and anxiety is to help patients live in the more comfortable part of their set range.

Have I had therapy? I went to a yoga class once.

If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed.

I have a mental coach in Korea, and I talk to her every week before the tournament, during the tournament and try to talk to her and try to get a little bit of the pressure off.

If you force yourself to smile, within a couple minutes, you feel happy.

Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.

I've been amazed at how quickly people can heal themselves, actually.

I knew when I was diagnosed with cancer the only thing I could control was what I ate, what I drank and what I would think.