Ana Culiolis

“Being fully human is not about feeling happy, it’s about feeling everything.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“Choosing to be curious is choosing to be vulnerable because it requires us to surender to uncertainty. We have to ask questions, admit to not knowing, risk being told that we shouldn't be asking, and, sometimes, make discoveries that lead to discomfort.”
― Brené Brown, Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

“I was wild until I was tamed by shame. Until I started hiding and numbing my feelings for fear of being too much. Until I started deferring to others’ advice instead of trusting my own intuition. Until I became convinced that my imagination was ridiculous and my desires were selfish. Until I surrendered myself to the cages of others’ expectations, cultural mandates, and institutional allegiances. Until I buried who I was in order to become what I should be. I lost myself when I learned how to please.”
― Glennon Doyle, Untamed

“Avoidance will make you feel less vulnerable in the short run, but it will never make you less afraid.”
― Brené Brown, Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience