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“When something is is important enough, you do it anyway even if the odds are not in your favor.”
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“And what is that? Perhaps something like the capacity to enter into the textures or sensations of the moment; to relax enough so as to give oneself over to the rhythms of an episode or a personal encounter, to follow the thread of feeling or thought without knowing where it leads, or to pause long enough for reflection or contemplation.”16 Ultimately, what we are distracted from is living.”
― The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture
― The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture
“Facing it directly without either denial or overidentification becomes a doorway to health and balance”
― The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture
― The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture
“Unless we can measure something, science won’t concede it exists, which is why science refuses to deal with such “nonthings” as the emotions, the mind, the soul, or the spirit.”
― The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture
― The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture
“Developmental psychologists agree that praising a child’s effort is helpful and promotes self-esteem, while valuing the achievement only programs kids to keep seeking external approval—not for who they are but for what they do, for what others demand of them. It’s yet another barrier to the emergence of a healthy self.”
― The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
― The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
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