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Book cover for Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
I understood that people would do almost anything to not feel pain, including causing pain and abusing power, and I understood that there were very few people who could handle being held accountable for causing hurt without rationalizing, ...more
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Billie Holiday
“It still depresses me every time I sing it, though. It reminds me of how Pop died. But I have to keep singing it, not only because people ask for it but because twenty years after Pop died the things that killed him are still happening in the South.”
Billie Holiday, Lady Sings the Blues

Billie Holiday
“When I sing it, it affects me so much I get sick. It takes all the strength out of me.”
Billie Holiday, Lady Sings the Blues

Billie Holiday
“I had the white gowns and the white shoes. And every night they’d bring me the white gardenias and the white junk. When I was on, I was on and nobody gave me any trouble. No cops, no Treasury agents, nobody. I got into trouble when I tried to get off.”
Billie Holiday, Lady Sings the Blues

Yasmine Cheyenne
“I recognized that when people had access and support, anything was possible. I learned that with community I didn’t have to have all the answers, I just had to be able to connect people to what they needed. I realized that being able to listen to their stories, no matter how tough their experiences were, provided ease and support to them and I knew it was something I wanted to continue to do. The seed to help others heal was planted”
Yasmine Cheyenne, The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life – Radical Wellness Practices to Protect Your Energy and Find Balance

Yasmine Cheyenne
“Sirens and the general noise of Brooklyn streets were a comfort for me. It’s such a metaphor for life because the noise, if it’s all you’re used to, becomes home and the quiet can feel otherworldly and take time to adjust to.”
Yasmine Cheyenne, The Sugar Jar: Create Boundaries, Embrace Self-Healing, and Enjoy the Sweet Things in Life – Radical Wellness Practices to Protect Your Energy and Find Balance

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