Harriet Braiker Quotes & Sayings

It's entirely in your power to regulate the degree to which you peel back the layers of your personality when you disclose yourself to someone. You can keep that person on the surface, or you can allow her to penetrate, by degrees or directly, to the core. — Harriet B. Braiker

The art of clinical diagnosis lies in the ability to ask the right questions. — Harriet B. Braiker

If you are an approval addict, your behaviour is as easy to control as that of any other junkie. All a manipulator need do is a simple two-step process: Give you what you crave, and then threaten to take it away. Every drug dealer in the world plays this game. — Harriet B. Braiker

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. — Harriet B. Braiker

Niceness is the psychological armor of the people-pleaser. — Harriet B. Braiker

Conflict can and should be handled constructively; when it is, relationships benefit. Conflict avoidance is *not* the hallmark of a good relationship. On the contrary, it is a symptom of serious problems and of poor communication. — Harriet B. Braiker