All my life, my immediate response to emotional pain has been to make jokes. Lots of jokes. Karen Salmansohn emotionaljokelife Change image and share on social
Choose to focus your time, energy and conversation around people who inspire you, support you and help you to grow you into your happiest, strongest, wisest self. Karen Salmansohn chooseconversationenergy Change image and share on social
In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk. Karen Salmansohn awesomeconversationalistconvince share on social
Is an out-of-control life challenge making you feel 'out of control' over your entire life? If so, stop lying around doing nothing. Stop sleeping late. Stop watching too much TV. Start recognizing that this lack of a disciplined schedule will only increase your feelings of being out of control of your life. Karen Salmansohn challengecontroldiscipline share on social
Wherever there's an all-encompassing 'always,' 'all' or 'never' in your life, it's a sign that your mischievous subconscious is setting you up for failure by consistently leading you back toward these repeat performances. Karen Salmansohn backconsistentlyencompass share on social
Studies show when people yell, they get themselves even angrier. Interesting factoid: If you and/or your partner's heartbeat becomes higher than 100 beats per minute during an argument, you will not be able to fully understand/process what the other is saying. Karen Salmansohn angryargumentbeat share on social
Power might feel tasty and good in the moment, but it will never be satisfying, never fill you up. Yep, no matter how much power you get, you will always feel empty. You just keep wanting more and more power. Karen Salmansohn emptyfeelfill share on social
I'm lucky I live near Whole Foods... so if I'm hungry, I can walk in there and grab something yummy... already made... or make it myself. I love to cook. I make a killer marinara sauce. Karen Salmansohn cookfoodgrab Change image and share on social
Basically, a bad breakup is never meant to teach you 'I'll never fall in love again.' It's meant to teach you 'Now I better know what makes for healthful, happy love - and thanks to this breakup I'm now better able to recognize it and snag it!' Karen Salmansohn badbasicallybreakup share on social
Every food I choose to eat helps me become more conscious of how it either moves me forward to my fab weight or backward to my flab weight. Karen Salmansohn backwardchooseconscious Change image and share on social