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Taste everything, but swallow only what fits.

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
Swallow
Fits
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Balance
Taste
Everything

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Why Family Therapy...because it deals with family pain.
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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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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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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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We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
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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.
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Problems are not the problem coping is the problem.
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Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
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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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There are five freedoms: The freedom to see and hear what is The freedom to say what you feel and think The freedom to feel what you actually feel The freedom to ask for what you want The freedom to take risks on your own behalf.
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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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Negotiating the adolescent stage is neither quick nor easy. . . . I have often said to parents, If it isn't illegal, immoral, orfattening, give it your blessing. We do much better . . . if we find and support all the places we can appropriately say yes, and say only the no's that really matter.
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I want you to get excited about who you are, what you are, what you have, and what can still be for you. I want to inspire you to see that you can go far beyond where you are right now.
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I know people can change-right down to my bones, through every cell, in every fiber of my body-I now that people can change. It is just a question of when and in what context.
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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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Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
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The Problem is never the problem! It is only a symptom of something much deeper.
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What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.
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We need to see ourselves as basic miracles.
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