Life from the Top of the Mind

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal while blaming our misery on the one who started the fire." ~ Bill Crawford (www.billcrawfordphd.com)

"You can't use stress, anxiety, frustration, and worry to deal with your stress, anxiety, frustration, and worry. It's like pulling up to a burning building with a flame thrower. The energy of the problem can't be the energy behind a successful solution." ~ Bill Crawford (www.billcrawfordphd.com)

"Responsibility is all about our ability to respond." ~ Unknown (www.billcrawfordphd.com)

Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change. ~ Bill Crawford (www.billcrawfordphd.com)

"The key to changing our past, present, and future is to create our piece of the PIE (our Perceptions, Interpretations, & Expectations) on purpose." ~ Bill Crawford (www.billcrawfordphd.com)

"I wish I had the courage to live a life that was true to myself, versus the life that was expected of me." ~ Browny Ware (www.billcrawfordphd.com)

"A someone who travels around the world teaching people to deal with stress, I thought I would give you my top 10 tips on "stress free," or at least "stress less" travel." ~ Bill Crawford (www.billcrawfordphd.com)

"The key to being with family is to engage with those we love in a way we would teach to those we love." ~ Bill Crawford (www.billcrawfordphd.com)

"The past exists not as a factual recounting of what happened, but as an experience that we are constantly recreating in our mind… which means we CAN change the past!" ~ Bill Crawford (www.billcrawfordphd.com)

One key to creating a meaningful life, is choosing what we want to feel, and for how long." - Bill Crawford (www.billcrawfordphd.com)

When faced with conflicting thoughts and emotions, we must decide what to trust, what we fear, or what we know. What’s important is that this decision be made by the knowledgeable versus the anxious part of who we are." ~ Bill Crawford (www.billcrawfordphd.com)

"Sometimes our ability to accept what we can't change is tied to our willingness to change what we can." ~ Bill Crawford (www.billcrawfordphd.com)

"It's not what we feel, but what we feed, that determines our experience of life." ~ Bill Crawford (www.billcrawfordphd.com)

"The test of our humanity is the ability to have compassion for the people we know well enough not to like." ~ Adapted from the play, "After Ashley," by Gina Gionfriddo (www.billcrawfordphd.com)

"Sleep is simply a chemical change in our brain and body (melatonin) - It?s not a place we go, it is a state of being that we fall into." ~ Bill Crawford, Ph. D. (www.billcrawfordphd.com)

"To spank or not to spank isn't the question… the question is whether whether we are teaching a quality we want our kids to have as adults?." ~ Bill Crawford, Ph. D. www. BillCrawfordPhD.com

"The problem with righteous indignation is that even when you're right, you're still left feeling indignant." ~ Bill Crawford (www.billcrawfordphd.com)

"People have the absolute right to be just as unhappy and miserable as they want to be." - Bill Crawford, Ph. D. www. BillCrawfordPhD.com

"Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control." ~ Bill Crawford, Ph. D. (www.billcrawfordphd.com)

"One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids." ~ Bill Crawford, Ph. D. (www.billcrawfordphd.com)

“It’s not simply what we feel, but what we feed, that determines what we do and how we live.” - Bill Crawford, Ph. D. (www. BillCrawford.com)

The "Four Stages of Creating A Life Worth Living," …an excerpt from my book, "Life from the Top of the Mind" (www.billcrawfordphd.com)

“In order to become more influential with those who are resistant to our point of view, we must be willing to start with what is influencing them.” Bill Crawford, Ph. D. www. BillCrawfordPhD.com

"Under all anger is fear, and under all fear is fear of loss." ~ Unknown (www.billcphd.com)

"There are two ways to look at most problems… 'Oh Crap!' or, 'Good Information!,' and our choice will give us good information on how to deal with problems in the future." Bill Crawford (www.billcrawfordphd.com)