Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman Quotes❓

Writing about a topic that triggers strong emotions for just fifteen to twenty minutes a day has been shown to help people create meaning from their stressful experiences and better express both their positive and negative emotions.―Scott Barry Kaufman

Within the humanistic psychology framework, the healthy personality is considered one that constantly moves toward freedom, responsibility, self-awareness, meaning, commitment, personal growth, maturity, integration, and change, rather than one that predominantly strives for status, achievement, or even happiness.―Scott Barry Kaufman

The person who behaves badly behaves so because of hurt, actual and expected, and lashes out in self-defense, as a cornered animal might.―Scott Barry Kaufman

When people consistently move in the direction of growth, feelings of happiness and life satisfaction tend to come along for the ride as an epiphenomenon of growth.―Scott Barry Kaufman

In other words, the best route to happiness and life satisfaction is through transcending your egoistic insecurities, becoming the best version of yourself, and making a positive contribution to the world around you.―Scott Barry Kaufman

Maslow believed that if people are inwardly free, they will more often than not choose wisely, in a healthy and growth-oriented direction. To Maslow, this is how the psychology of being and the psychology of becoming can be reconciled. Just by being yourself and shedding your defenses and fears and anxieties, you move forward and grow.―Scott Barry Kaufman

It is precisely when the foundational structure of the self is shaken that we are in the best position to pursue new opportunities in our lives.―Scott Barry Kaufman

So let me state this as clearly as possible: you may not be entitled to shine, but you have the right to shine, because you are a worthy human being. Changing your self-limiting narratives about your worthiness, asserting needs in a healthy way, overcoming your avoidance of fearful experiences, and taking responsibility for your behaviors—these actions strengthen and stabilize the vulnerable self.―Scott Barry Kaufman

Those who employ a problem-focus coping style attempt to deal with stressful situations by changing the source of the stress.—Scott Barry Kaufman

Enhanced empathic accuracy may promote behavioral prediction and management of external social forces and help individuals exert control over their life.―Scott Barry Kaufman

A dynamic sailboat is a better metaphor for life than a pyramid because the key is not which level you reach, but the harmonious integration that you have within yourself.—Scott Barry Kaufman