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The spiritual message is we lose our lives in pleasing others; if you're the good child who pleases Mommy and Daddy but internalizes anger, you're setting yourself up for disease.

~Bernie Siegel

Topics: Anger Child Daddy Disease Good Lives Lose Message Mommy Others Our Our Lives Pleases Pleasing Setting Spiritual Up Who You Yourself

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I know patients who bring a dozen roses to the doctor's office. And, boy, the next visit, nobody forgets that. You come in and hey - 'Here's the lady who brought the roses' vs. 'Here's the lung cancer.'

~Bernie Siegel

Topics: Boy Bring Brought Cancer Come Doctor Dozen Forgets Here Hey Know Lady Lung Next Nobody Office Patients Roses Visit Who You

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I believe the reason we sleep is not just to allow our body to rest but that it is to allow this inner wisdom to speak to us through symbols. This includes the body or somatic problems as well as psychological ones. Dreams and drawings are useful in diagnosing physical conditions.

~Bernie Siegel

Topics: Allow Believe Body Conditions Drawings Dreams Inner Just Our Physical Problems Psychological Reason Rest Sleep Speak Symbols Through Us Useful Well Wisdom I Believe I Believe The

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Give someone who has faith in you a placebo and call it a hair growing pill, anti-nausea pill or whatever, and you will be amazed at how many respond to your therapy.

~Bernie Siegel

Topics: Amazed Call Faith Give Growing Hair How Many Pill Placebo Respond Someone Therapy Whatever Who Will You Your

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Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.

~Bernie Siegel

Topics: About Argue Change Give People Something Statistics Stories Them While

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I was called a 'CD' by a suicidal teenager, who is alive today because I became her 'Chosen Dad,' who loved her. We all have the potential to re-parent ourselves and others.

~Bernie Siegel

Topics: Alive Became Because Chosen Dad Her Loved Others Ourselves Potential Suicidal Teenager Today Who Cd

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If you talk to your body, it will listen.

~Bernie Siegel

Topics: Body Listen Talk Will You Your Your Body

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Part of my evolution has been to learn how painful most people's childhoods are. They grow up not liking themselves, not loving themselves. Ask people if they were lovable the minute they were born, and watch them sit back and have to think about it. One lady said, 'I suppose so.' That's painful.

~Bernie Siegel

Topics: About Ask Back Been Born Childhoods Evolution Grow Grow Up How Lady Learn Liking Lovable Loving Minute Most Painful Part People Said Sit Suppose Them Themselves Think Up Watch Were

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An awareness of one's mortality can lead you to wake up and live an authentic, meaningful life.

~Bernie Siegel

Topics: Authentic Awareness Lead Life Live Meaningful Mortality Up Wake Wake Up You

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The mind and body are not separate units, but one integrated system. How we act and what we think, eat, and feel are all related to our health. Physicians should be capable of teaching this behavior to patients.

~Bernie Siegel

Topics: Act Behavior Body Capable Eat Feel Health How Integrated Mind Our Patients Physicians Related Separate Should System Teaching Think Units

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: October 14th, 1932

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