Jaclyn

“Spirituality, in this case, means a deep connection to self and outside of self, with the insertion of the word secular here because we’re not deferring to the supernatural for any of this. In the past, faith and belief have been the hoops one has to jump through. Secular spirituality is the game of learning how to fall in love with existence itself without falling into the seductive traps of make-believe through the science of human well-being.”
― Brittney Hartley, No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools No Belief Required

“Anger is how you reclaim boundaries that have been violated,”
― Brittney Hartley, No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools No Belief Required

“How would you behave differently? How would you walk and talk differently? How would you play, work, and perform differently? How would you treat others differently: your friends, relatives, partner, parents, children, and work colleagues? How would you treat yourself differently? How would you treat your body? How would you talk to yourself? How would your character change? What sorts of things would you start doing? What would you stop doing? What goals would you set and work toward? What difference would your newfound confidence make in your closest relationships, and how would you behave differently around those people? What difference would your newfound confidence help you to make in the world?”
― Russ Harris, The Confidence Gap: A Guide to Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt