The words are so simple. it’s a tiny moment in the whole book: “I lost myself when I learned how to please.” Those words, they got me. @GlennonDoyle this book is a gift for my soul. I am reading my way, albeit slowly, back to my wild. #UNTAMED
Y’all well-meaning millennial white folks need to voter suppress your parents. Like, offer to mail in your Trump supporting father’s ballot and don’t. If he’s going in person, offer to drive him and get lost. Gerrymander your parents, fam
"Your anger? It’s telling you where you feel powerless. Your anxiety? It’s telling you that something in your life is off balance. Your fear? It’s telling you what you care about. Your apathy? It’s telling you where you’re overextended and burnt out..." ~Brianna Wiest
"Feeling the need to be busy all the time is a trauma response and a fear-based distraction from what you'd be forced to acknowledge and feel if you slowed down." ~ Dr. Sarah Sarkis
#mindfulness
I said to my daughter Layla (who does like to play doctor) if she is going to be a doctor when she is a grown up... she said... no mama. I’m going to be a Layla. Best answer ever. #girlpower#beyourself#followyourarrow
We can't force things to happen on our ideal timeline. Sometimes we just have to embrace uncertainty, have patience, and trust that if we keep moving forward, we'll eventually find what's right for us.
If you're in transition and feeling impatient: https://t.co/meOzHz5FKn
“Self-love, self-respect, self-worth: There’s a reason they all start with ‘self.’ You can’t find them in anyone else.” ~Unknown
Be good to yourself: 10 powerful ways to practice self-love https://t.co/flsJzIiKBB
"Some days I am goddess. Some days I am wild child. And some days I am a fragile mess. Most days I am a bit of all three. But every day, I am here, trying." ~S.C Lourie
“Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself.” ~Edmund Lee
"They straightened out the Mississippi River in places, to make room for houses and liveable acreage. Occasionally the river floods these places. 'Floods' is the word they use, but in fact it is not flooding; it is remembering. Remembering where it used to be."
-Toni Morrison
"In order to empathize with someone’s experience, you must be willing to believe them as they see it, and not how you imagine their experience to be." ~Brené Brown
“Letting go helps us to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us.” ~ Melody Beattie
#mindfulness
It's a myth that you can't be full of love and light and also willing to fight for a cause. Don't be afraid to be both soft and strong. Sit in meditation then stand up for what you believe is right.
For the tender-hearted warriors of the world: https://t.co/0oOdUT3vXB