Hilkka Mlunga

“Perfectionism also prevents us from letting in the love of others, no matter how abundant and genuine it is. When we are preoccupied with our deficiencies, we are often untouched by the nurturance others offer us. How tragic that so many of us are convinced we only deserve to be loved when we are happy or excelling.”
― Pete Walker, The Tao of Fully Feeling: Harvesting Forgiveness out of Blame

“Self-esteem cannot be reclaimed while perfectionism prevails. Self-esteem is in many ways the opposite of perfectionism.”
― Pete Walker, The Tao of Fully Feeling: Harvesting Forgiveness out of Blame

“Confidence is waiting on the other side of choosing to keep it real with yourself, choosing to heal some shit, choosing to humble yourself.”
― Sesali Bowen, Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

“When we do not attend to our feelings, they accumulate inside us and create a mounting anxiety that we commonly dismiss as stress.”
― Pete Walker, The Tao of Fully Feeling: Harvesting Forgiveness out of Blame