Alexa Brtna

“Recovery unfolds in three stages. The central task of the first stage is the establishment of safety. The central task of the second stage is remembrance and mourning. The central focus of the third stage is reconnection with ordinary life.”
― Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

“I don't need him to comfort me or tell me it's okay.
I can make it okay, myself.
Maybe that was what happened when you faced the very worst thing in the world.
She'd lost her family and her old life and maybe even her childhood, but she'd found herself.
And that would have to do.”
― L.J. Smith, Secret Vampire

“All work is service. If you aren't serving in your work, you really aren't working.”
― Tim Hiller, Strive: Life is Short, Pursue What Matters

“They will cry, he will shout but you must sweat.”
― Amit Kalantri