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We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.

Virginia Satir

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Virginia Satir
Age: 72 †
Born: 1916
Born: June 26
Died: 1988
Died: September 10
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Psychotherapist
Social And Health Care Assistant
Social Worker
Teacher
Writer
Virginia M. Satir
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It's sad that children cannot know their parents when they were younger when they were loving, courting, and being nice to one another. By the time children are old enough to observe, the romance has all too often faded or gone underground.
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As a therapist, I am a companion. I try to help people tune into their own wisdom.
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Our biggest problem as human beings is not knowing that we don't know.
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I feel that adolescence has served its purpose when a person arrives at adulthood with a strong sense of self-esteem, the ability to relate intimately, to communicate congruently, to take responsibility, and to take risks. The end of adolescence is the beginning of adulthood. What hasn't been finished then will have to be finished later.
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Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.
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Your responses to the events of life are more important than the events themselves.
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I have talked about choosing rather than acting from compulsion. When you feel that you have to live according to someone else's direction or live so that you never disappoint or hurt anybody, then your life is a continual assessment of whether or not you please other people.
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It is now clear to me that the family is a microcosm of the world. To understand the world, we can study the family: issues such as power, intimacy, autonomy, trust, and communication skills are vital parts underlying how we live in the world. To change the world is to change the family.
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We can learn something new anytime we believe we can.
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Many people are living in an emotional jail without realizing it.
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The full life is filled with vulnerability, not defense. You face whatever feeling there is.
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A growing body of clinical observation has pointed to the conclusion that the family therapy must be oriented to the family as a whole.
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So much is asked of parents, and so little is given.
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My dream is to make families a place where adults with high self esteem can develop. I think we have reached a point where if we don't get busy on dreams of this sort, our end is in sight. We need a world that is as good for human beings as it is for technology.
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The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.
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You have learned what you have learned very well. It has helped you survive.
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I want to appreciate you without judging. Join you without invading. Invite you without demanding. Leave you without guilt.
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We get together on the basis of our similarities we grow on the basis of our differences.
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I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and touched by them.
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