Brenda

“A further step is to observe the interplay between your thoughts and your physical sensations. How are particular thoughts registered in your body? (Do thoughts like “My father loves me” or “my girlfriend dumped me” produce different sensations?) Becoming aware of how your body organizes particular emotions or memories opens up the possibility of releasing sensations and impulses you once blocked in order to survive.”
― Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

“We do not think ourselves into new ways of living, we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.”
― Richard Rohr

“Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel

“Since 2001 far more Americans have died at the hands of their partners or other family members than in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
― Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma