25 Marvelous Mantras to Get You Through Tough Times

Marvelous Mantras to Get You Through Tough Times

I'm not the one in control here.

Surrender! — Marla Apt, Senior Iyengar Yoga teacher

I will not abandon myself when I most need my own support. — Barnet Bain, Film producer, director, broadcaster, and creativity expert

Everything is already okay, I just can't quite see how yet.

— Christine Carter, PhD, Sociologist, executive coach, and senior fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center

I am I am beautiful, and together with spirit, I am capable of healing myself and others. — Dory Cote, Shamanic practitioner, facilitator, and storyteller

Transform the world by transforming yourself. — Davidji, Mind-body health and wellness expert

Put one foot in front of the other. It works great in a dance context too! — Moana Diamond, Dancer, performer, and pilates instructor

Tough times are when you have an aspiration and don't feel able to achieve it!

Reframe it to: Tough times are the challenges that help us grow!

Then we can handle them better and we might even look forward to them coming. — Judith E. Glaser, Author and organizational anthropologist

— Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler, PhD, Organizational psychologist and consultant

It always works out!

— Kathy Griest, ChiRunning® teacher in her 40th year as a runner

Pay attention.

Do what you can.

Leave the rest. — Joyce Hawkes, PhD, Cell biologist, biophysicist, author, and healer

Even if I don't know or understand how to be with something in this moment...

I trust that there is something greater than me that absolutely does.

And I can connect to that and learn from it at any time. — Gitanjali Hemp, Master energy healer

My affirmation is an embodied process I repeat: I turn toward what is happening, actively accept, move into choosing what I really want, then take the next action step that takes me toward what I’ve chosen. — Kathlyn Hendricks, PhD, BC-DMT, Psychologist, author, and body intelligence pioneer

“From this experience, only good will come from it. All is well."

It’s an affirmation I always use from Louise Hay. — John Holland, Psychic medium, spiritual teacher, host of Spirit Connections

I can figure this out.

I have people who love me who I can always ask for help. — Alexandra Jamieson, CHHC, CAPP, Inspirational speaker and functional nutrition coach

Fate whispered to the Warrior, "You cannot stand the storm." The Warrior whispered back, "I am the storm." — David Krueger, MD, Executive mentor coach and CEO of MentorPathŽ

— Sharon Landrith, Intuitive counselor and spiritual teacher

Everything I encounter in my life is a path of awakening, my path to enlightenment. — Barry Margerum, Chief strategy officer of Plantronics and certified teacher of Search Inside Yourself (SIY)

At the center of life's storms I stand serene, or free in my heart, I know no fear. — Maria E. Mattioli, MS, MFT, Artist and counseling psychology professor

My body is a place to practice peace. — Jill Miller, Cofounder of Tune Up Fitness Worldwide

— Sylvie Minot, 5Rhythms® and movement teacher

There is perfection in everything.

Strive to see the perfection. — Akil Palanisamy, MD, Integrative medicine physician

Step back. Breathe.

Step back more.

The bigger the space between you and the challenge... the better the odds of seeing it from all angles. My question isn't "How is this hurting me?" it's "What am I learning?" — Cassie Schindler, Mindfulness-based educator, advocate for mind-body healing

I am willing to use whatever arises in my life experience to awaken. — Deborah Eden Tull , Zen meditation teacher, speaker, and activist

— Amie Valpone, HHC, AADP, Chef, nutritionist, and detox expert

Breathing in acceptance, breathing out gratitude. — Carin Winter, LMSW, CTY, Founder and CEO of Mission Be

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