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“Conflict is a natural part of life. I am capable of tolerating the discomfort of conflict.”
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“People often think that mindfulness is escapism, a way to leave reality. But mindfulness is really providing us with the ability to be with reality. Mindfulness trains us to deal with what life throws at us with a sense of inner stability instead of turning away from it.”
― Are You Mad at Me?
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“I am allowed to feel this emotion. Nothing is wrong with me for feeling this. I acknowledge my emotions and allow them to move through me.”
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“Just because it's a thought doesn't mean it's the truth. These thoughts are not me—I am the observer of them.”
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“Healing this loss means seeing your parents objectively, realizing that their pain and emotional distance were never your fault and their patterns aren't proof that something is wrong with you. No child can be "good enough" to earn a functional childhood when their parents are in so much pain of their own and are stuck in their own unprocessed trauma. The causes and conditions that have led us here aren't our fault, but our healing is our responsibility.”
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