Alexandra B

“But part of getting to know yourself is to unknow yourself—to let go of the limiting stories you’ve told yourself about who you are so that you aren’t trapped by them, so you can live your life and not the story you’ve been telling yourself about your life.”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

“Hiraeth. It`s Welsh. Means, `a longing for a place or time that`s lost or inaccessible.` I used to feel it all the time, and I didn`t know why. Books came closest to scratching that itch.”
― Isla Jewell, Books & Bewitchment

“From time to time, Wendell and I have discussed the ways parental relationships evolve in midlife as people shift from blaming their parents to taking full responsibility for their lives. It’s what Wendell calls “the changing of the guard.” Whereas in their younger years, people often come to therapy to understand why their parents won’t act in ways they wish, later on, people come to figure out how to manage what is. And so my question about my mother has gone from “Why can’t she change?” to “Why can’t I?”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

“Follow your envy - it shows you what you want.”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone