Amy Holibaugh

“Our Magick is about asserting our internal spiritual power that rises above structures and racism, fear, shame, and abandonment. Woman, you are the Magick.”
― Jennifer Givhan, River Woman, River Demon

“the women and men I interviewed who had the strongest sense of true belonging stayed zoomed in. They didn’t ignore what was happening in the world, nor did they stop advocating for their beliefs. They did, however, commit to assessing their lives and forming their opinions of people based on their actual, in-person experiences. They worked against the trap that most of us have fallen into: I can hate large groups of strangers, because the members of those groups who I happen to know and like are the rare exceptions.”
― Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

“The thing that gets me thinking and questioning most deeply is a leader who warns me not to think or question.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“But surely, she argued with herself, life was more than this relentless getting ahead? Surely, there was more to life than self-actualization and ambition and success? What was wrong with linking one’s happiness to that of another human being? Why should fifty years of peak capitalism eradicate something that the Eastern philosophers had taught for thousands of years—that life is about interconnectedness, interdependence, and yes, even sacrifice?”
― Thrity Umrigar, Honor