Joy Prouty
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“Learning to be kind to myself was the only way forward. I have no doubt that the physical pain I was suffering was caused by the weight of all the armor I had built around my heart and mind to survive my childhood. Self-compassion began for me as an intentional pursuit to slow down.”
― Practicing Presence: A Mother's Guide to Savoring Life through the Photos You're Already Taking
― Practicing Presence: A Mother's Guide to Savoring Life through the Photos You're Already Taking
“There's a reason motherhood feels so weighty - because mamas carry within them every wondrous, heartbreaking, and joyful memory from every moment of their children's lives. When the world feels too heavy, remembering the joy-filled memories we've carried all along can, in time, begin to carry us.”
― Practicing Presence: A Mother's Guide to Savoring Life through the Photos You're Already Taking
― Practicing Presence: A Mother's Guide to Savoring Life through the Photos You're Already Taking
“The photographs your children will care most about someday will not be the ones that show how you looked but the ones that show how it felt for them to be loved by you.”
― Practicing Presence: A Mother's Guide to Savoring Life through the Photos You're Already Taking
― Practicing Presence: A Mother's Guide to Savoring Life through the Photos You're Already Taking
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