Martha Beck Quotes

Martha Nibley Beck is an American sociologist, life coach, best-selling author, and speaker who specializes in helping individuals and groups achieve personal and professional goals. She holds a bachelor's degree in East Asian Studies and master's and Ph.D. degrees in sociology, both from Harvard University. Beck is the daughter of deceased LDS Church scholar and apologist, Hugh Nibley. She received national attention after publication in 2005 of her best-seller, Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith in which she recounts her experiences of surviving sexual abuse. In addition to authoring several books, Beck is a columnist for O, The Oprah Magazine. ...more

Birth: November 29, 1962

- Martha Beck

Remember, intimacy increases with honesty. Share less to keep people away and more to draw them closer.

- Martha Beck

There are things that can only happen through you when you are still. Silence is often the most important work you can do.

Topic(s): Important , Stills , Happens

- Martha Beck

Your individuality is the most valuable thing you have.

Topic(s): Valuable , Individuality , Valuable Things

- Martha Beck

By the end of your incredibly arduous, disappointing, stressful journey, you will be your true self, in a place where you belong, with friends who truly understand you and bring all sorts of opportunities your way.

Topic(s): Ends , Opportunity , Journey

- Martha Beck

Pain is like a life coach in your body. It’s what made me a life coach because I started paying a lot of attention to what made me hurt and what didn’t. It turned out my body was trying to steer me away from a life that was absolutely wrong for me and into a life that was absolutely wonderful.

Topic(s): Trying , Pain , Attention

- Martha Beck

I’ve developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the future. I do it every day.

Topic(s): Habit , Optimistic , Anticipation

- Martha Beck

Remember that it’s okay to ask for help when you’re stumped, because sometimes you really can’t be expected to handle everything alone.

Topic(s): Sometimes , Helping , Remember

- Martha Beck

Rest until you feel like playing, then play until you feel like resting, period. Never do anything else.

Topic(s): Feels , Play , Periods

- Martha Beck

What would you do if you knew that every good thing in your life depended on your getting enough rest? Because it does.

Topic(s): Ifs , Doe , Enough

- Martha Beck

Anyone who comes into your life, under any circumstances, has something to teach you.

Topic(s): Teach , Circumstances

- Martha Beck

People don’t cry when they lose their hope. They cry when they get it back.

Topic(s): People , Loses , Cry

- Martha Beck

Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you.

Topic(s): Art , Moving , Form

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