It's great if the in-laws themselves put up boundaries. But if they won't; it's up to their grown kids to do it and enforce them.
— Phil McGraw
Food is a coping mechanism; people are afraid of giving it up because then they'll feel confused and lost.
I don't care how pumped up or psyched you are to start a new diet or a new program - that emotion will fade.
Oh, everybody wears a mask. We all put our best foot forward. We all try and make a statement, I'm not saying that's bad.
I'm not a politician.
When I was practicing psychology, I used to tell myself if I ever get to where I'm just doing this for the money or I'm just going through the motions, I'll quit.
I mean, I'm very, very competitive.
I've talked to so many people, men and women alike, that get overweight and their self-esteem just goes in the tank. They think they're judged. They think they're unattractive.
Now, my body fat runs around 18 percent, which is normal and, you know, kind of in the middle of normal, actually.
You have got to decide, look, this is who I am; this is my best way to present myself, and I'm going to ride that horse to the finish line. Not everybody will like it, but that's OK.
I have some wonderful friends from the Mideast that are as red, white and blue as anybody you know, that have been harassed, and I think it's a terrible, terrible thing.
I think I've got the best staff in television.
There is nothing wrong with your marriage if you're dealing with bills and kids and the broken garbage disposal and in-laws and work demands. That's a normal marriage.
I grew up in athletics, where people keep score.
I don't substitute anybody else's judgment for my own.
A year from now, you're gonna weigh more or less than what you do right now.
You don't need a rope to pinch a stranger's butt.
When you get married, your loyalty, first and foremost, is to your spouse, and to the family that you create together.
Eighty percent of all choices are based on fear. Most people don't choose what they want; they choose what they think is safe.
You know, what we do know is that there is a high frequency of violence in the home of those who bully.
Every one of us have things that we believe about ourselves when nobody else is looking, nobody else is listening, nobody else is monitoring what we're doing. We believe things about ourself.
Relationships are negotiated and if you deal with ultimatums and authority all the time, then you're not going to get anywhere.
A lot of people do have tragic childhoods. But you know what? Get over it.
I just am not good at math.
What I want people to do is what's healthy for them.
God is a loving god.
Not everybody is some kind of media model.
Parents need to dial in and know what their kids are doing.
If you're trying to get out of debt, you have to be willing to treat everything as expendable.
If you've gone into a marriage and you haven't been clear about how you're going to handle money, how you want to raise kids, who is going to work or stay home or what have you, then you've set yourself up for failure.
It's so much easier to tell people what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear.
I've learned a tremendous amount from Oprah.
It's hard to see your own face without a mirror.
You don't need a pack of wild horses to learn how to make a sandwich.
Nothing's funnier to me than laughing at myself.
Successful weight loss takes programming, not willpower.
As parents we're not nearly as computer literate as our children are.
The truth is, I think we are a self-less society, not a selfish society. Because we're so busy now.
I tell you, if you're in the front row of the parade and you stop walking, pretty soon you're back in the tuba section. And if you want to lead the parade you've got to keep moving.
Well, I'm not sure what pop psychology is, but I don't like it.
Everyone faces the challenge of finding meaning to their suffering.
Well, let me tell you, if you're 45, had three children and are post-menopausal, you're not going to weigh what you did the day you graduated from high school. Get that out of your head. That's a media-driven ideal that you're never going to healthfully obtain.
There's a big difference between falling in love and being in love. There's a big difference between infatuation and falling in love.
I do not believe, even remotely, that you have to have a partner in your life in order to be whole, in order to be complete, in order to be fulfilled. You just don't have to.
I mean, if you degrade someone, you isolate them, you control them, you call them names, you demean them. That's a horrible existence for people.
Don't wait until you're in a crisis to come up with a crisis plan.
Life is a full-contact sport, and there's a score up on the board.
People are used to being coddled.
If I was on the air and was just kind of a plain-vanilla personality that took the safe road and the safe way trying to please all of the people all of the time, I'd been gone in two weeks.
Do you realize that you can't play the game of life with sweaty palms?
