If you can do nothing else, do whatever is in your power to make the people in your life feel completely unashamed of who they are.
If you can do nothing else,...
We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can’t use shame to change ourselves or others.
We cannot grow when we are...
The largest part of what we call ‘personality’ is determined by how we’ve opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness.
The largest part of what we...
If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.
If you trade your authenticity for...
P.S. You’re not going to die. Here’s the white-hot truth: if you go bankrupt, you’ll still be okay. If you lose the gig, the lover, the house, you’ll still be okay. If you sing off-key, get beat by the competition, have your heart shattered, get fired…it’s not going to kill you. Ask anyone who’s been through it.
P.S. You’re not going to die....
Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far.
Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It...
Don’t wait for everything to be perfect before you decide to enjoy your life.
Don’t wait for everything to be...
There are things that we don’t want to happen but have to accept, things we don’t want to know but have to learn, people we can’t live without but have to let go.
There are things that we don’t...
The world would be a happier, more peaceful place if we all tried to understand instead of judging, paused before reacting, and gave each other the benefit of the doubt instead of assuming the worst.
The world would be a happier,...
Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now.
Most humans are never fully present...
Just breathe. You are strong enough to handle your challenges, wise enough to find solutions to your problems, and capable enough to do whatever needs to be done.
Just breathe. You are strong enough...
I may not have everything I want in life but I am blessed enough to have all that I need. For this I am grateful.
I may not have everything I want...