Simon Yost

“sleep, working out, healthy food, cooking, time off, weekends away, going to church, being present with the kids, a sense of control over our money, meaningful work that doesn’t consume us, time to piddle, time with family and close friends, and time to just hang out.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

“The fear of abandonment, especially to a vulnerable child is equivalent to death.”
― Vicki Underland-Rosow, Shame: Spiritual Suicide

“Sufficiency isn’t an amount at all. It is an experience, a context we generate, a declaration, a knowing that there is enough, and that we are enough.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

“Lying is almost always preferred to the possibility of experiencing shame.”
― Vicki Underland-Rosow, Shame: Spiritual Suicide