“Neuroscience tells us that our state of mind affects our body’s ability to fight off illness and get the sleep we need. Therefore, we must be purposeful about the former to be effective in the latter.” ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com)

“While we are not responsible for other people’s reactions, we do play a role in how their brain interprets what we do and say, and this will determine our influence.” ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com)

“As long as we use shame as a driver for self-improvement, or to learn from the past, we will forever be trying to do good by feeling bad… not a very effective strategy.” ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com)

“In order to have as much influence as possible in our life and the lives of others, we must be careful (full of care) not to mistake the “what” (or the triggers in our life) for the “why” (the cause, or reason we react the way we do).” ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com)

“When we give unimportant people the power to trigger us, we make them the most important person in our life!” ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com)

"When convincing others, unless what you are saying resonates with how they see the world, what they care about, and how they see themselves, the only thing you are convincing them of is that you don’t know anything about them." ~ Adapted from Lisa Cron (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com)

"Regardless of the problem, as long as our solution requires someone else to change, we will never know the power and promise of self-determination." ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com)

"All of life is a cycle of cause and effect. In order to break the cycle of stress and frustration we must do more than just change the cause or change the effect… we must become the cause." ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com)

"When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void." ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com)

"We must be willing to be wrong in order to trust what we believe to be right." ~ Bill Crawford (https://www.billcrawfordphd.com)