Hello, I'm Tamara Johnson, your host of The Get Out of the Mud Show with this week's Quote and Assignment.

Today's quote comes from Mainbocher, who said:
"To be well turned out, a woman should turn her thoughts in."

I love this quote because it so elegantly describes the process of growth and personal responsibility for our feelings and actions that each of us has. Inevitably, each of us will be confronted daily with situations, both expected and unexpected that invoke emotional responses. Many people believe that when that happens, it is the situation that causes the emotions and the behavior that occurs after the initial emotional response. The truth is that it is possible to become very good at managing your actions when you become good at monitoring your feelings and completing appropriate self-care action based upon the feedback your feeling system is providing to you. In order to do that, you must look inward and use a thoughtful, analytical process to help you understand your best course of action.

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