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This wasn’t the end. Mistakes were meant to be learned from, overcome. They weren’t meant to destroy. Resilience.
“We are at our most powerful the moment we no longer need to be powerful.”
― Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
― Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
“Being vulnerable doesn’t mean you’re weak. It means you trust yourself to be strong enough to handle the hurt. It’s actually the purest form of strength.”
― Things We Hide from the Light
― Things We Hide from the Light
“Sometimes you don’t have to weigh every single pro and con. Sometimes the answer is the one that just feels right.”
― Things We Hide from the Light
― Things We Hide from the Light
“What we try to suppress defines us (more on this in the vulnerability chapter), or, in the words of one of my psychology supervisors, “Anything unspeakable to you is affecting you.” That’s why we don’t heal shame by hiding it.”
― Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
― Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends
“The problem with this is that if we beat ourselves up after a mistake, we add shame onto the guilt and frustration that we already feel about our mistake. That guilt and frustration can be helpful in moving us forward, but shame...shame keeps us stuck. It's a paralyzing emotion. When we get caught in a shame spiral, we tend to make more of the same kinds of mistakes that caused us shame in the first place".”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
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