Dr Linda Berman
@lindaberman05.bsky.social
Psychotherapist (retired) writer, artist. I love life quotes, poetry, art. Follow my weekly mental health blog: http://waysofthinking.co.uk.
Therapy, quotes, art.
Therapy, quotes, art.
"I realize that if I were stable, prudent and static; I'd live in death. Therefore I accept confusion, uncertainty, fear and emotional ups and downs; because that's the price I'm willing to pay for a fluid, perplexed and exciting life."
Carl Rogers
Carl Rogers
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
"I realize that if I were stable, prudent and static; I'd live in death. Therefore I accept confusion, uncertainty, fear and emotional ups and downs; because that's the price I'm willing to pay for a fluid, perplexed and exciting life."
Carl Rogers
Carl Rogers
"Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today."
Robert H. Schuller
#persistence
Robert H. Schuller
#persistence
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
"Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today."
Robert H. Schuller
#persistence
Robert H. Schuller
#persistence
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.
Robert H. Schuller
Robert H. Schuller
November 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.
Robert H. Schuller
Robert H. Schuller
Those who are nurtured best, survive best.
Louis Cozolino
Louis Cozolino
October 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Those who are nurtured best, survive best.
Louis Cozolino
Louis Cozolino
“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.”
Freud
Freud
October 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.”
Freud
Freud
October 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
“The therapist is not a guide with a map, but a fellow traveler on the same uncertain road.”
Sheldon Kopp
#therapist
Sheldon Kopp
#therapist
October 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
“The therapist is not a guide with a map, but a fellow traveler on the same uncertain road.”
Sheldon Kopp
#therapist
Sheldon Kopp
#therapist
Love is more than simply being open to experiencing the anguish of another person's suffering. It is the willingness to live with the helpless knowing that we can do nothing to save the other from his pain.
Sheldon B. Kopp
#love
Sheldon B. Kopp
#love
October 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Love is more than simply being open to experiencing the anguish of another person's suffering. It is the willingness to live with the helpless knowing that we can do nothing to save the other from his pain.
Sheldon B. Kopp
#love
Sheldon B. Kopp
#love
We are all born into families and cultures we didn't choose, given names we didn't pick, instructed in behaviour and values we might not have freely chosen, and too often we end up expected to live lives designed by others.
Sheldon B. Kopp
Sheldon B. Kopp
October 19, 2025 at 7:08 AM
We are all born into families and cultures we didn't choose, given names we didn't pick, instructed in behaviour and values we might not have freely chosen, and too often we end up expected to live lives designed by others.
Sheldon B. Kopp
Sheldon B. Kopp
Ready to read on waysofthinking.co.uk
5+ Powerful Quotations On Regret You Actually Won’t Regret Reading.
By Dr Linda Berman
🎨Silence – Alexej Georgewitsch Von Jawlensky. 1913. Wikimedia Commons
#Regret
5+ Powerful Quotations On Regret You Actually Won’t Regret Reading.
By Dr Linda Berman
🎨Silence – Alexej Georgewitsch Von Jawlensky. 1913. Wikimedia Commons
#Regret
October 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Ready to read on waysofthinking.co.uk
5+ Powerful Quotations On Regret You Actually Won’t Regret Reading.
By Dr Linda Berman
🎨Silence – Alexej Georgewitsch Von Jawlensky. 1913. Wikimedia Commons
#Regret
5+ Powerful Quotations On Regret You Actually Won’t Regret Reading.
By Dr Linda Berman
🎨Silence – Alexej Georgewitsch Von Jawlensky. 1913. Wikimedia Commons
#Regret
Reposted by Dr Linda Berman
A good read from @lindaberman05.bsky.social
The richness that regrets bring
in their teaching & their nuance
Learning from Experience
waysofthinking.co.uk/2025/10/14/5...
The richness that regrets bring
in their teaching & their nuance
Learning from Experience
waysofthinking.co.uk/2025/10/14/5...
5+ Powerful Quotations On Regret You Actually Won’t Regret Reading. By Dr Linda Berman
Quote 1 Christian Krohg. The Day After, Self-Portrait (1883) Wikimedia Commons. “I don’t think I could love you so much if you had nothing to complain of and nothing to regret. I don’t …
waysofthinking.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A good read from @lindaberman05.bsky.social
The richness that regrets bring
in their teaching & their nuance
Learning from Experience
waysofthinking.co.uk/2025/10/14/5...
The richness that regrets bring
in their teaching & their nuance
Learning from Experience
waysofthinking.co.uk/2025/10/14/5...
October 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
October 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Reposted by Dr Linda Berman
Feeling very new. I’d love to connect with some therapists here on Bluesky! Do get in touch so I can start to feel at home here after years on Twitter and a lot of connections there. 🌹🤗 Linda
October 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Feeling very new. I’d love to connect with some therapists here on Bluesky! Do get in touch so I can start to feel at home here after years on Twitter and a lot of connections there. 🌹🤗 Linda
October 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Feeling very new. I’d love to connect with some therapists here on Bluesky! Do get in touch so I can start to feel at home here after years on Twitter and a lot of connections there. 🌹🤗 Linda
October 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Feeling very new. I’d love to connect with some therapists here on Bluesky! Do get in touch so I can start to feel at home here after years on Twitter and a lot of connections there. 🌹🤗 Linda
October 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
October 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Screw it. Let's do it.”
Richard Branson
Richard Branson
October 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“Screw it. Let's do it.”
Richard Branson
Richard Branson
"The greatest need of a child is to be understood and cherished for who they are. This need does not disappear in adulthood."
Donald Winnicott
#needs #love #understanding
Donald Winnicott
#needs #love #understanding
October 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"The greatest need of a child is to be understood and cherished for who they are. This need does not disappear in adulthood."
Donald Winnicott
#needs #love #understanding
Donald Winnicott
#needs #love #understanding
Four givens are particularly relevant for psycho-therapy: the inevitability of death for each of us and for those we love; the freedom to make our lives as we will; our ultimate aloneness; and, finally, the absence of any obvious meaning or sense to life.
Irvin D. Yalom
Irvin D. Yalom
October 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Four givens are particularly relevant for psycho-therapy: the inevitability of death for each of us and for those we love; the freedom to make our lives as we will; our ultimate aloneness; and, finally, the absence of any obvious meaning or sense to life.
Irvin D. Yalom
Irvin D. Yalom