I’m not caught up on what you can buy or do for me. I can take care of myself; treating me is merely a plus.
I’m mindful of how you treat me:
Are you gentle with me?
Do we have fun?
How do you manage my space?
Do you honor my presence?
Do you calm or activate my nervous system?
There’s no way his top clients are parting ways with him altogether all of a sudden for no reason…. We’re about to hear some crazy news about him in the coming days I’m telling y’all
The favorite words of someone that’s codependent is: should and shouldn’t.
I should be doing this.
I should have done that.
I shouldn’t have said x
These are words to self shame.
You no longer have to be your own critical parent.
you reach another level when you experience the first relationship where you can show up and be fully yourself, 100% authentic, all things uncovered and expressed, the highest highs and the lowest low. when you feel safe to really be
this book said “most of us carry into our adult relationships a reluctance to telling the whole truth” bc we learned to lie in our relationships with our parents. you learned that if u tell the whole truth about ur feelings, what u do, etc, you’ll be harmed, belittled or censored
there are two things we should never have to chase. it’s true friends and true love. people make time for who they wanna make time for. people text and reply to people they wanna talk to. when someone tells you that they’re too busy continuously, believe them.
a woman who has been through 2 brain anuerysms, who has always promoted aging naturally and taking pride in it, who was just trying to share a positive message on her instagram, and you only focus on whether she's still "hot" enough for you. men are a plague
zendaya and her team got the perfect red carpet look down to a T…. a dramatic floor length gown paired with statement jewellery and implacable makeup to match like the best execution we’ve had in a minute