Motivational speeches that can be related to therapy, life and living

Brene Brown – The power of vulnerability.
Vulnerability is the entry point to personal growth and this is where transformation begins.

William Mc Raven – Want to change the world? Start by making your bed.
We can often feel overwhelmed by the enormity of our problems rather than reclaimimg personal agency one step at a time.

Al Pacino – Inch by Inch
Use this speech about teamwork as a metaphor for couples in relationship. Show up, respond rather than react, rebuild honest, open communication with consistent effort, inch by inch.

Alan Watts – What if money didnt matter?
Living authentically, aligning with self, inner values to create meaning and purpose in life.

Remember yourself. If you forget, remember yourself. That’s all.

Dr.K. Bradford Brown

The day came when it was more painful for the bud to stay closed than to open

Dr.K. Bradford Brown

We thought we always wanted love-until love came to us. Then we discovered we wanted safety

Dr.K. Bradford Brown

I cannot live without beliefs; the trouble is I have too many unexamined

Dr.K. Bradford Brown

No technique we employ in personal growth has any value unless it affects our relationships

Piero Ferruci

Out beyond ideas of of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field, I will meet you there’

Rumi

Your task is not to seek love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it

Rumi

Life begins not at birth
but with the onslaught of awareness.
Dr. K. Bradford Brown
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