Luca will need a ritual, a method of fashioning his grief into a thing he can exert some small control over.
“If you’re feeling burned out, it’s because you are. And so is your brain’s ability to be resilient, making it harder to adapt to what life throws at you.”
― You Can Fix Your Brain: Just 1 Hour a Week to the Best Memory, Productivity, and Sleep You've Ever Had
― You Can Fix Your Brain: Just 1 Hour a Week to the Best Memory, Productivity, and Sleep You've Ever Had
“You cannot go through your life without losing and grieving, and if you try to avoid it, that emotion will get stuck and be constantly waiting for you to feel it. My advice on unavoidable pain is the same as always: feel it and honor it. That’s how you process anything. Come back into the body to feel it, use the breathe-and-feel tool, and it will pass in time. It will come in waves. It will teach you how to be human. It’s not necessarily fun, but it’s so incredibly important. And paradoxically, feeling grief and pain will eventually allow you the space to process, and eventually be happy again.”
― The F*ck It Diet: Eating Should Be Easy
― The F*ck It Diet: Eating Should Be Easy
“In this way, “seeing” as you travel is somewhat of a spiritual exercise: a process not of seeking interesting surroundings, but of being continually interested in whatever surrounds you.”
― Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
― Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel
“Pretty soon you’ll be enjoying brownies, not because you’re denied or stressed, but because you fucking want brownies, and then move on with your life.”
― The F*ck It Diet: Eating Should Be Easy
― The F*ck It Diet: Eating Should Be Easy
“In fact, no group of parents—married, single, step, or even empty nest—reported significantly greater emotional well-being than people who never had children,” she said. “It’s such a counterintuitive finding because we have these cultural beliefs that children are the key to happiness and a healthy life, and they’re not.”
― Why Have Kids?: A New Mom Explores the Truth About Parenting and Happiness
― Why Have Kids?: A New Mom Explores the Truth About Parenting and Happiness
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