Barbara De Angelis (born March 4, 1951) is an American relationship consultant, lecturer and author, TV personality, relationship, personal growth adviser and spiritual teacher.
I believe tears are holy, because they show us that the ice of our heart is melting.
Silence and solitude are confrontational. They plunge us instantly into the truth.
The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make on your wedding day, and over and over again and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband.
Living with integrity means. . . behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values.
Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are.
When you live with constant gratitude, your life will become a living prayer.
Difficult times always create opportunities for you to experience more love in your life.
That experience showed me that I-from moment to moment-am the only person in control of my connection to God. It's not that God is deciding to connect with me, depending on whether I had a good day, or did good or bad deeds. It's all up to me. God, the awareness of God, the love of God, the blessings of God-that lively ecstasy-is always there. It's me who separates from God by judging, by indulging in negativity, by criticizing myself, as well as others.
Love is the magician of the universe. It creates everything out of nothing.
In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.
I have experienced a lifetime of real moments, and many of them were happy moments.
Marriage is not a noun; it's a verb. It isn't something you get. It's something you do. It's the way you love your partner every day.
It is inherent in human consciousness to improve. So there is nothing unique about a people searching for and creating ways to make their life better - all civilizations throughout history have done this. What is unique about us in America is the accelerated rate at which we continually search for novelty and progress.
If your day is full of little mean, dark thoughts, is it any wonder you feel crabby? Maybe it's because you let your mind run wild like a dog putting its nose into garbage everywhere.
Silence has a regenerative power of its own. It is always sacred. It always returns you home.
If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.
Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.