Julia Shaw

“Having to say, “If this is what I must accept, so be it,” can feel like chewing glass, but not being able to accept what you cannot change is like having to swallow those shards of glass.”
― Caroline Myss, Entering the Castle: An Inner Path to God and Your Soul

“Manipulating or controlling others through the use of one's illness or suffering,for example,was-and remains-extremely effective for people who find they cannot be direct in their interactions,Who argues with someone who is in pain? And if pain is the only power a person has,health is not an attractive replacement. It was apparent to me that becoming healthy represented more than just getting over an illness. Health represented a complex progression into a state of personal empowerment in which one had to move from a condition of vulnerability to one of invincibility,from victim to victor,from silent bystander to aggressive defender of personal boundaries.Completing this race to the finish was a yeoman's task if ever there was one.Indeed,in opening the psyche and soul to the healing process,we had expanded the journey of wellness into one of personal transformation."
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― Caroline Myss, Defy Gravity: Healing Beyond the Bounds of Reason

“Forgiveness, quite frankly, is the most selfish thing you can do. Because it is the greatest thing you can do for yourself.”
― Caroline Myss

“I have since become convinced that when we define ourselves by our wounds, we burden and lose our physical and spiritual energy and open ourselves to the risk of illness.”
― Caroline Myss, Why People Don't Heal and How They Can