What was the most life-changing piece of psychological advice you’ve ever received (everything, people)

[AZgarden]

" It's not you, it's him. Told to me by a psychologist I saw for marriage issues.

[twinkletwinkle22]

Nuns taught us to wait/listen for our "vocation."
The word vocation means calling, the inner voice telling us what to do.
It did not come immediately but eventually found my career and life partner.

[lpc123]

"There's a reason we have two ears, but only one mouth."

[Scarab46]

Don't assume anything!

[Shallow Hal]

Originally Posted by lpc123

"There's a reason we have two ears, but only one mouth."

Love this!

[SnazzyB]

Short and sweet..."Own your s**t."

It's hard to move on and grow, if you can't acknowledge the part you played in...whatever it is.

[mike1003]

Since I was a child I was always told by my my Grandmother (An immigrant from Eastern Europe who taught herself English and went on to be a very successful business woman) always tole me:


You will not die a second before, or a second after there is a space for you, so go out work hard and enjoy yourself, BUT ALWAYS BE GOOD!!!!!!!!


At 77 years old, I still live by that admonition!

[Colorado Rambler]

"You are not required to be perfect. It's OK to be good enough."

What a relief!

[earslikeacat]

Pretty sure this is Mark Twain:
" In my life I have known many many hundreds of terrible things but %99 never happened."

[KathrynAragon]

The whole concept of healthy boundaries totally changed my life.