Elizabeth Myers’s Reviews > Gentle: Rest More, Stress Less, and Live the Life You Actually Want > Status Update

“ Gentle isn’t pretending that things are perfect or ignoring pain in ourselves or in the world. It’s simply moving through with more attention, compassion and hope.”

In the words of Elizabeth Gilbert: “ to be born a woman is to be born anxious. She explains that this is because we always have had to worry about our safety, the safety of our families, and even of people we’ve never met before all over the world who are living and unstable environments. We are taught to keep our defenses up, and that’s not relaxing.

Yes, yes, and yes! I feel seen.