Harriet Lerner Quotes

Most popular Harriet Lerner Quotes

The Dance of Anger. - Harriet Lerner quote.
The Dance of Anger.
— Harriet Lerner

anger

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to. - Harriet Lerner quote.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
— Harriet Lerner The Dance of Anger

anger

Feeling inadequate is an occupational hazard of motherhood. - Harriet Lerner quote.
Feeling inadequate is an occupational hazard of motherhood.
— Harriet Lerner Live Preservers: Good Advice When You Need It Most

motherhood

The first world we find ourselves in is a family that is not of our choosing. - Harriet Lerner quote.
The first world we find ourselves in is a family that is not of our choosing.
— Harriet Lerner The Dance of Deception

family

Underground issues from one relationship or context invariably fuel our fires in another. - Harriet Lerner quote.
Underground issues from one relationship or context invariably fuel our fires in another.
— Harriet Lerner The Dance of Anger

relationships

Many of our problems with anger occur when we choose between having a relationship and having a self. - Harriet Lerner quote.
Many of our problems with anger occur when we choose between having a relationship and having a self.
— Harriet Lerner The Dance of Anger

anger the self

Self-help books for women are part of a multibillion-dollar industry, sensitively attuned to our insecurities and our purses. - Harriet Lerner quote.
Self-help books for women are part of a multibillion-dollar industry, sensitively attuned to our insecurities and our purses.
— Harriet Lerner Ms

insecurity

Although it's not useful to drown in despair, it's also not useful to keep a "positive attitude" when this means concealing or denying real emotions. - Harriet Lerner quote.
Although it's not useful to drown in despair, it's also not useful to keep a "positive attitude" when this means concealing or denying real emotions.
— Harriet Lerner New Woman

attitude

Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan. But to have any meaning or viability at all, a life plan must include intimate relationships. - Harriet Lerner quote.
Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan. But to have any meaning or viability at all, a life plan must include intimate relationships.
— Harriet Lerner The Dance of Intimacy

intimacy

Anger is a signal and one worth listening to..... Just as physical pain tells us to take our hand off the hot stove, the pain of our anger preserves the very integrity of our self. - Harriet Lerner quote.
Anger is a signal and one worth listening to..... Just as physical pain tells us to take our hand off the hot stove, the pain of our anger preserves the very integrity of our self.
— Harriet Lerner

anger

Deception and "con games" are a way of life in all species and throughout nature. Organisms that do not improve their ability to deceive—and to detect deception—are less apt to survive. - Harriet Lerner quote.
Deception and "con games" are a way of life in all species and throughout nature. Organisms that do not improve their ability to deceive—and to detect deception—are less apt to survive.
— Harriet Lerner The Dance of Deception

deceit

Most of us experience fear as a kind of stop sign or flashing red light that warns: 'Danger! Do not enter!'  But we may need to decode that signal and consider what it's trying to convey. - Harriet Lerner quote.
Most of us experience fear as a kind of stop sign or flashing red light that warns: 'Danger! Do not enter!'  But we may need to decode that signal and consider what it's trying to convey.
— Harriet Lerner Fear and Other Uninvited Guests

fear