"The first step in healing is to accept what is to honor the truth of your experience" - Gabor Mate

💊 Healing

“The first step in healing is to accept what is to honor the truth of your experience”

Healing begins with honest acceptance of what is actually happening within us.

“The attempt to escape from pain is what creates more pain.”

— Gabor Mate

“The attempt to escape from pain is what creates more pain and kindness is the gentle alternative”

— Gabor Mate

“The attempt to escape from pain is what creates more pain”

— Gabor Mate

“Not why the addiction but why the pain understand the pain and you can begin to heal”

— Gabor Mate

“Healing is possible when we understand that our symptoms are not the problem but signals pointing to it”

— Gabor Mate

“When we realize that our pain is not our fault but it is our responsibility to heal it everything changes”

— Gabor Mate