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“The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.”
― Dan Engle, A Dose of Hope: A Story of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy

“The way we were treated as small children is the way we treat ourselves the rest of our lives: with cruelty or with tenderness and protection. We often impose our most agonizing suffering upon ourselves and, later, on our children.” —Alice Miller”
― Dan Engle, A Dose of Hope: A Story of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy

“Our access to our true self is only possible when we’re no longer afraid of the intense emotions of early childhood. Once we’ve experienced this world, it’s no longer strange and threatening. We no longer need to keep it hidden behind an illusion. We know who and what caused our pain, and it is exactly this knowledge that gives us freedom at last from the old pain.”
― Dan Engle, A Dose of Hope: A Story of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy