Anne Wilson Schaef
Psychologist
American clinical psychologist and author known for books on addiction, codependency, and recovery culture, including Women Who Love Too Much. Her writing helped popularize discussion of relationship addiction and healing frameworks in self-help literature.
Quotes by Anne Wilson Schaef
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Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order.
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Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order.
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Security is an attempt to try to make the universe static so that we feel safe.
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Trusting our intuition often saves us from disaster.
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Work is sacred. It is not just a way to earn money or gain power, though it may result in both. Work is a vehicle for testing out our gifts and talents and using them to explore their meaning.
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We have finally started to notice that there is real curative value in local herbs and remedies. In fact, we are also becoming aware that there are little or no side effects to most natural remedies, and that they are often more effective than Western medicine.
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