Chelsea Harvey Garner > Quotes

“Learning to trust is not about guaranteeing that we’ll never get hurt. It’s about recognizing that getting hurt isn’t a failure. In order to show up fully in relationships, we have to surrender to the inherent danger involved... Connection is what happens when we trust ourselves together, and that is worth the risk.”
― Chelsea Harvey Garner, A Pity Party Is Still a Party: A Feel-Good Guide to Feeling Bad – A Therapist's Playful and Sincere Insights on Embracing Sadness for Connection and Happiness

“Notice that the world is still here. Despite all the chaos inside you, the world is still here. [...] The flower growing up through the concrete doesn’t apologize for messing up someone’s sidewalk. It wants to keep growing, and it’s gonna do what it needs to do to make that happen. Be like that flower. Your desire to feel better is powerful, and it’s natural. Simply by persisting, everything around you is expressing its will to live.”
― Chelsea Harvey Garner

“The grief was a testament to the love, and I felt grateful I knew how to
feel both.”
― Chelsea Harvey Garner, A Pity Party Is Still a Party: A Feel-Good Guide to Feeling Bad – A Therapist's Playful and Sincere Insights on Embracing Sadness for Connection and Happiness