“Goals for the future distract from worry and anger about the past and redirect your focus to the direction you’re travelling in.”
— Sam Owen
“Within our emotions lie answers, truths and instructions.”
— Sam Owen
“Feeling your way to knowledge rather than thinking your way, often results in better learning.”
— Sam Owen
“Anger usually only serves us, and even then, only very fleetingly.”
— Sam Owen
“Correctly identifying a negative emotion takes the brain out of fight-or-flight mode and into problem-solving mode, out of tension, anger and confusion and into ease, calm and clarity.”
— Sam Owen
“When you become aggressive in arguments, you force the other person to become defensive which means they’ll either get ready to fight you or ready to flee from you.”
— Sam Owen
“Our emotions are encoded in the heart signals we emit. Use the energy you feel to know how they are feeling.”
— Sam Owen
“Your eyes will contradict your words if your words contradict your thoughts and feelings.”
— Sam Owen
“Jealousy is when their reflection in the mirror that is your progress, is attacked rather than appreciated, begrudged rather than understood.”
— Sam Owen
“Assumptions close doors. Intrigue opens them.”
— Sam Owen
“When you walk around feeling quietly upset, frustrated, angry or some other negative emotion, people around you will detect it to some degree or another, even if only subconsciously.”
— Sam Owen
“Whatever you focus your mind on, you will consciously and subconsciously work towards.”
— Sam Owen
“Sometimes being overwhelmed by emotions can leave you speechless but even then it is important to identify the correct emotion.”
— Sam Owen
“We are responsible for our own relationships, their successes, their failures, the good times, the bad times. Take responsibility for creating the relationships that you desire.”
— Sam Owen
“Utter frustration often precedes the breakthrough so stick with it and have faith in your journey.”
— Sam Owen
“Social media allows us to subjugate feelings and problems we don’t want to confront, like emotional eating or substance abuse, thus perpetuating our problems and delaying our happiness.”
— Sam Owen
“Emotions are the road signs to your happiness.”
— Sam Owen