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Author. Teacher. Wayfinder.

Pennsylvania, USA
Joined March 2009
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@TheMarthaBeck
Martha Beck
8 years
If you long for the world to be a saner, more loving place, please be advised that you must start inside.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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8 years
I’ve never met many of my best friends. I’ve read them, as if all their words were letters meant for me... #lightwriters
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@TheMarthaBeck
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@TheMarthaBeck
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8 years
Writing isn’t just a task. It can be a confidant... a channel to wisdom you didn't know you had. #lightwriters
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@TheMarthaBeck
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8 years
Give yourself permission to stay in the present life until it’s unbearable. That permission will free you from staying too long.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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7 years
No true and lasting change for good has ever come from self-protection. Genuine transformation must be dared.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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7 years
No part of your experience is wasted. Everything you've experienced so far is part of what you were meant to learn.
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7 years
No part of your experience is wasted. Everything you've experienced so far is part of what you were meant to learn.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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7 years
During the times we think we’re being “unproductive,” the seeds of new worlds are germinating within us, and they need peace to grow.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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7 years
Instead of fretting about getting everything done, why not simply accept that being alive means having things to do?
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@TheMarthaBeck
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8 years
I’ve noticed that the biggest difference between wildly successful people & total failures is that the successful people fail more. #joydiet
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My new motto is "I respectfully do not care." Say it to anyone who passes judgment on something you believe in. #coachtip
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@TheMarthaBeck
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7 years
You already know your destiny, you just have to unlearn the thoughts that are blinding you.
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7 years
Don't fight fearful thoughts, match each one with an alternative thought that brings more peace.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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6 years
A fine New Year’s Eve tradition. Adam’s spread said joy, joy, joy for 2019. For him and all who have the privilege of loving him. #happynewyear
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@TheMarthaBeck
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Mr. Adam Beck, 31 years old today! Rock on, my dude. You make everything better. #expectingadam #blessed #downsyndrome
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@TheMarthaBeck
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7 years
Make yourself available for what wants to be written through you. You may be amazed at what pours itself onto the page.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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7 years
Life is becoming more and more uncertain, and that makes intuition more precious than intellect.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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7 years
Live today by the Buddha's words: "You could search the whole world and never find anyone as deserving of your love as yourself."
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@TheMarthaBeck
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7 years
The only map of your right life is written on your soul at its most peaceful, and the only sure compass is your heart at its most open.
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@TheMarthaBeck
Martha Beck
8 years
My new motto is "I respectfully do not care." Say it to anyone who passes judgment on something you believe in.
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@TheMarthaBeck
Martha Beck
8 years
Don't fight fearful thoughts. Just match each one with an alternative thought that brings you more peace.
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@TheMarthaBeck
Martha Beck
7 years
If something excites you, go for it. If it excites and scares you, go for it twice as fast.
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@TheMarthaBeck
Martha Beck
7 years
My new motto is "I respectfully do not care." Say it to anyone who passes judgment on something you believe in.
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@TheMarthaBeck
Martha Beck
7 years
Make yourself available for what wants to be written through you. You may be amazed at what pours itself onto the page.
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@TheMarthaBeck
Martha Beck
6 years
Sometimes our minds don’t understand what our souls are doing. We can trust life anyway. #hanginthere
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@TheMarthaBeck
Martha Beck
8 years
Everything always passes, and everything is already okay. Stay in the place where you can see that, and nothing will resist you. #sbs
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@TheMarthaBeck
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7 years
Life is becoming more and more uncertain, and that makes intuition more precious than intellect.
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@TheMarthaBeck
Martha Beck
8 years
The truth can scare you half to death, but it’s never as destructive as deception. #fyons
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@TheMarthaBeck
Martha Beck
7 years
For 10 minutes, trust that all will be okay. Trust you’re being guided. Trust that you are safe.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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Don't fight fearful thoughts. Just match each one with an alternative thought that brings you more peace.
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@TheMarthaBeck
Martha Beck
7 years
Today, connect with a book or person who pulls you into the zone of joy and feel the beauty of that experience.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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7 years
Do what you would do if you had no fear.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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@TheMarthaBeck
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With life more uncertain, intuition is more precious than intellect. Feel for your next step, surrender doubt, & let yourself be guided.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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7 years
Today’s world is going to ask for everything you can give. Make your first priority your own well-being if only to serve the greater good.
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8 years
Live today by the Buddha's words: "You could search the whole world and never find anyone as deserving of your love as yourself."
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7 years
Nothing important ever comes to you because you feel desperate to get it. Go to peace first. Everything you long for will meet you there. ~MB
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@TheMarthaBeck
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6 years
Imagine our whole species as one enormous brain, each person a single neuron. Every time you make a new connection with something you’ve never seen before, the entire brain (humanity as a whole) gains an insight or a creative idea. Who knows, maybe you’re the only possible link.
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@TheMarthaBeck
Martha Beck
8 years
Anything you hold onto as a "security blanket" (a job or relationship you keep out of fear) is actually an insecurity blanket. Let it go.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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7 years
What leap of faith is your compass telling you to do next? If it's terrifying, feel the fear & do it anyway.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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6 years
You were born knowing your way. Your task is not to learn, but to remember. #wayfinderlifecoachtraining #purpose #mission #theintegritycleanse
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7 years
It is when all our somethings are collapsing that we may finally turn to nothing, and find there everything we need.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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8 years
No part of your experience is wasted. Everything you've experienced so far is part of what you were meant to learn.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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7 years
Metamorphosis is scary & sometimes painful, but it's the way to experience adventures we couldn't imagine in our “caterpillar” identities.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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7 years
You do not show up at the page to get attention from your readers, you show up at the page to give attention to your readers
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@TheMarthaBeck
Martha Beck
4 years
The Way of Integrity on sale April 13, available now for pre-order. #thewayofintegrity
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7 years
Your job, now and for the rest of your life, is to heal your true nature and let it thrive. ~MB Write Into Light
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The way to your purpose isn’t a path; it’s a river. If you have the courage to jump in, it will carry you all by itself.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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7 years
The only map of your right life is written on your soul at its most peaceful, and the only sure compass is your heart at its most open.
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7 years
Every closed chapter is the starting point for a new story. Whatever is ending, let it end. That's how all beautiful things begin. -MB
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@TheMarthaBeck
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I have come to believe that there are infinite passageways out of the shadows, infinite vehicles to transport us into the light.
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7 years
There is a forest in your heart, a vast ocean in your mind, a universe in your soul. You were born to be an explorer.
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@TheMarthaBeck
Martha Beck
6 years
"One day at a time" is way too much for me. One breath at a time is the best I can do. Happily, it's all I'll ever have to do. ~MB
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@TheMarthaBeck
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Do the work to feed your true self, even if it’s not a safe bet or if everyone in your life tells you you’re wrong or bad or crazy. #lts
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@TheMarthaBeck
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You’re 1 piece of a jigsaw puzzle: as you begin to move to your true shape, pieces around you either change to match you, or stop fitting.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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7 years
Like archeologists, we have to dig through layers of self-deception & denial to get to something that is deeply and brilliantly true.
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Martha Beck
7 years
That critical voice inside you is actually a child throwing a tantrum. Ignore it! Good. Now go make something!
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Martha Beck
8 years
Do you feel your destiny unfolding? You’re not in control & that’s what makes the feeling so exquisitely exciting.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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7 years
Running your life by heart, rather than a schedule, is the only method that is efficient enough to help us get done what we need to do.
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Peace is more than just a feeling. It's the mental and physical frequency where you'll find all your real power.
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Nothing important ever comes because you feel desperate to get it. Find peace first. Everything you need will meet you there. -MB
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Bad moods are a clear sign that you’ve lost your North Star & your essential self is trying to tell you where to find it. #fyons
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7 years
Whatever it is you hope to attract, add a little extra twist by resting rather than forcing the result.
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Don’t choose killing time over living life. Set out to live, whatever the cost, and your life will be a hero’s saga that blesses everyone.
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People blossom when we love them, not when we worry about them. Worry just teaches worry. Let it go.
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As the world gets stranger and more broken, each of us must learn to steer by the stars in our own souls.
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6 years
If you want to feel better, make something. Make anything. All creativity aligns us with Creation itself, the source of all healing. ~MB
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Here’s the latest plot twist in my life: about two weeks ago Ro and Karen and I welcomed our daughter Lila Maeve into our family and the world. I had the incredible privilege of being the first person to touch her after she was born. Since then I’ve felt as if I’m living in …
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@TheMarthaBeck
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If we become a little wilder, more present, more connected to whatever makes dogs so damn happy, we’ll feel better and do better things.
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Expect your purpose to unfold in a series of shining moments. Also, expect it to scare you witless.
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Push aside your fear, and the creator in you will bring to the surface what’s it’s been brewing your whole life long.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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No one can give you anything–love, shame, self–until you give it to yourself. Today, give yourself good things.
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Once you're present in your own heart, you’ll find your life going places your mind has never even dreamed of.
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Make choices based on what makes you feel freer & happier, rather than how you think an ideal life should look. #omagazine
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All my life I’ve felt rushed, but the more of nothing I do, the more I seem to feel my way through the ocean of tasks.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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You are the only part of the world you can save. But if you do that, you invite countless others to follow in your footsteps.
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Every day, give yourself 3 treats: 1 for every risk you take, 2 because you're you. No exceptions, no excuses.
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The more stressful, dangerous, baffling, or unpleasant your situation, the more important it is to laugh at it. #joydiet
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When you take the leap of faith to do what your wilder instincts recommend, you will break through old limitations.
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If something calms you, and you want it, go for it! If something scares you, and you want it, go for it twice as fast.
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Why not accept that being alive means having things to do? Drop into full engagement and let the worry go.
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We’re all sitting in a moment called Now, it’s the only real thing there is. Time isn’t real; Now is the only thing we can touch and see and smell and hear. -Write Into Light with Martha Beck
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Even as grief breaks your heart, something in u knows u r being broken open & there's something hopeful at the core of that sensation. #fyons
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Peace is more than just a feeling. It's the mental and physical frequency where you'll find all your real power.
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When we disconnect from the people who deplete us, we set them free to find their tribes while we find ours.
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7 years
Free hearts rock boats, break rules, and do things that disrupt "the system".
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11 years
My new motto is "I respectfully do not care." Say it to anyone who passes judgment on something you believe in.
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The solution for captivity is not to medicate yourself into oblivion. It is to leave the cage
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Treat your heart like a child: Accept its tantrums, revenge fantasies and pity parties, but don’t get stuck in them.
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Until you’ve set your course to become a healer, you have no idea how much your lonely suffering may ultimately illuminate the world.
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8 years
You may feel something calling you to become the change you wish to see in the world, now. Start immediately. #wildworld
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True art is selfless. It’s breaking open your own heart on the chance that your vulnerability will coax other hearts to open.
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6 years
A deer on the road outside our house. I can’t get over these trees. Not without some kind of aircraft.
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@TheMarthaBeck
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This is what @elizabeth_gilbert_writer drew today while she listened to me reading from my book, THE WAY OF INTEGRITY, which will be out early next year. Honestly, that woman has more talent and generosity in her little finger—in the CUTICLE of her little finger—than you’d e…
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Set out on a path to change your present and your future, and even your past will be transmuted by grace.
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