Emily
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“It's just that living with anxiety - living alarmed - makes it impossible to enter the moment, to land inside my body and be there. I cannot be in the moment because I am too afraid of what the next moment will bring. I have to be ready.”
― Untamed
― Untamed
“Here's to The Untamed:
May we know them.
May we raise them.
May we love them.
May we read them.
May we elect them.
May we be them.”
― Untamed
May we know them.
May we raise them.
May we love them.
May we read them.
May we elect them.
May we be them.”
― Untamed
“Being human is not hard because you're doing it wrong, it's hard because you're doing it right. You will never change the fact that being human is hard, so you must change your idea that it was ever supposed to be easy.”
― Untamed
― Untamed
“We feel like we are always saying the wrong things and that people are always getting upset about that. But I do not think people become upset just because we say the wrong things. I think people are upset - and we are defensive, hurt, and frustrated - because we have fallen into the trap of believing that becoming racially sober is about saying the right thing instead of becoming the right thing; that showing up is based in performing instead of transforming.”
― Untamed
― Untamed
“Be careful with the stories you tell about yourself".”
― Untamed
― Untamed
Emily’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emily’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Favorite Genres
Crime, Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Psychology, Romance, Self help, Suspense, Thriller, and Young-adult
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