Status Updates From How to Love Someone Without...

"People should be celebrated for rebuilding their lives after this kind of loss...It certainly would be nice if we spent more time acknowledging this, because the efforts one must make after a breakup are truly herculean. The reward, of course, is inner peace." SO fucking thankful for the people in my life who always acknowledge & celebrate me. how incredibly lucky am i to be surrounded with so much love.

“Our triggers teach us about ourselves; they show us where our soft spots are, where we might turn to give ourselves a little love and to ask for it from our partners.” (110)

“Stephen Levine and his wife, author Ondrea Levine, wrote, ‘The distance from your pain, your grief, your unattended wounds, is the distance from your partner.’” (117)

holy wow i am flying through this. started it on my long run yesterday & have already recommended it to two friends

holy wow i am flying through this. started it on my long run yesterday & have already recommended it to two friends

The “good enough” is interesting

Abuse was trickle down economics. Jesus fucking Christ I’m unwell.

Culture defines love. 100%

"The very thing we so love about a person can also be what causes us to lose our minds."