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“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)
— Jun 11, 2026 07:41AM
“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)
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Brooke Yanaga
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"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.
— Jun 11, 2026 11:37AM
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holy wow i am flying through this. started it on my long run yesterday & have already recommended it to two friends
— Jun 09, 2026 05:45PM
Brooke Yanaga
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holy wow i am flying through this. started it on my long run yesterday & have already recommended it to two friends
— Jun 09, 2026 05:40PM
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“In therapy, a lot of focus is placed on past wounds and traumas. But if we’re to be adults and have satisfying lives, we must, to some extent, leave the past behind. If we spend too much time unpacking, reprocessing, and trying to ‘resolve’ early traumas, nothing in the present changes. Change happens in the doing. Change happens when we use the information learned from our past to modify our behavior in the present. At times, this change involves staying and actively working on our relationship, while in other instances, it requires us to make the difficult choice to leave.” (146-147)
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