Sentences with phrase «mental pat on the back»

Give yourself a mental pat on the back for participating in your own recovery.

My husband has a background in neuroscience, so donating the embryos to research made sense to us and to be honest, I gave myself a mental pat on the back for doing something that could potentially help others.

Before he did so, however, he paused a moment to give himself a mental pat on the back to acknowledge his efforts to put what he had learned at the seminar into practice.

Take stock of what you accomplish and give yourself a mental pat on the back for what you achieved.

Giving yourself a mental pat on the back for a job well done will go a long way in keeping you moving forward.

Not exact matches

This is usually followed by a pat on the back and a mental note that I just saved myself enough calories for a much needed glass of wine at dinner or something hopelessly covered in chocolate.

Lars and the Real Girl ultimately paints Lars as nothing more than a fantasy - proxy for mental illness itself, just waiting to have his wires uncrossed by a lot of «caring» folks so they can pat themselves on the back for it.