How Understanding Complex Trauma Deepened My Ability to Love Myself
https://tinybuddha.com/blog/how-understanding-complex-trauma-deepened-my-ability-to-love-myself/
https://tinybuddha.com/blog/how-understanding-complex-trauma-deepened-my-ability-to-love-myself/
“Being present for your own life is the most radical act of self-compassion you can offer yourself.” ~Sylvia Boorstein
In 2004, I experienced a powerful breakthrough in understanding what it meant to love myself. I could finally understand that self-love is about the relationship that you have with yourself (https://tinybuddha.com/blog/unconditional-self-love-looks-like/), and that relationship is expressed in how you speak to yourself, treat yourself, and see yourself. I also understood that self-love is about knowing yourself and paying attention to what you need.
These discoveries, and others, changed my life and led me into a new direction. But as the years …
In 2004, I experienced a powerful breakthrough in understanding what it meant to love myself. I could finally understand that self-love is about the relationship that you have with yourself (https://tinybuddha.com/blog/unconditional-self-love-looks-like/), and that relationship is expressed in how you speak to yourself, treat yourself, and see yourself. I also understood that self-love is about knowing yourself and paying attention to what you need.
These discoveries, and others, changed my life and led me into a new direction. But as the years …
Martha Graham
http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Martha_Graham
"Dance is the hidden language of the soul."
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"Dance is the hidden language of the soul."
Confucius
http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Confucius
"When anger rises, think of the consequences."
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"When anger rises, think of the consequences."
Dale Carnegie
http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Dale_Carnegie
"If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep."
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"If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep."
Shirley MacLaine
http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Shirley_MacLaine
"Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power."
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"Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power."
6 Simple Things I Do When Life Feels Completely Overwhelming
https://tinybuddha.com/blog/6-simple-things-i-do-when-life-feels-completely-overwhelming/
https://tinybuddha.com/blog/6-simple-things-i-do-when-life-feels-completely-overwhelming/
“You can’t calm the storm, so stop trying. What you can do is calm yourself. The storm will pass.” ~Timber Hawkeye
Overwhelm doesn’t always knock politely. Sometimes it crashes into my day like an unexpected storm—suddenly I can’t think straight, and everything feels urgent, impossible, and too loud. One minute I’m fine, the next I’m spiraling in my head, convinced I’m falling behind on everything and failing everyone.
If you’ve ever sat frozen in your car in the grocery store parking lot, staring blankly at a to-do list that now feels like a personal attack, you’re not alone.
Here are …
Overwhelm doesn’t always knock politely. Sometimes it crashes into my day like an unexpected storm—suddenly I can’t think straight, and everything feels urgent, impossible, and too loud. One minute I’m fine, the next I’m spiraling in my head, convinced I’m falling behind on everything and failing everyone.
If you’ve ever sat frozen in your car in the grocery store parking lot, staring blankly at a to-do list that now feels like a personal attack, you’re not alone.
Here are …
Jeff Melvoin
http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Jeff_Melvoin
"You're confusing product with process. Most people, when they criticize, whether they like it or hate it, they're talking about product. That's not art, that's the result of art. Art, to whatever degree we can get a handle on (I'm not sure that we really can) is a process. It begins in the heart and the mind with the eyes and hands."
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"You're confusing product with process. Most people, when they criticize, whether they like it or hate it, they're talking about product. That's not art, that's the result of art. Art, to whatever degree we can get a handle on (I'm not sure that we really can) is a process. It begins in the heart and the mind with the eyes and hands."
What If Growth Is About Removing, Not Adding More to Your Life?
https://tinybuddha.com/blog/what-if-growth-is-about-removing-not-adding-more-to-your-life/
https://tinybuddha.com/blog/what-if-growth-is-about-removing-not-adding-more-to-your-life/
“Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about un-becoming everything that isn’t really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.” ~Paulo Coelho
For years, any time I felt sadness, insecurity, loneliness, or any of those “unwelcome” feelings, I jumped into action.
I’d look for something new to take on: a class, a language, a project, a degree. Once, in the span of a single week, I signed up for language classes, researched getting certified in something I didn’t actually want to do, and convinced myself I needed to …
For years, any time I felt sadness, insecurity, loneliness, or any of those “unwelcome” feelings, I jumped into action.
I’d look for something new to take on: a class, a language, a project, a degree. Once, in the span of a single week, I signed up for language classes, researched getting certified in something I didn’t actually want to do, and convinced myself I needed to …
I Wanted Revenge; Here’s Why I Let It Be Instead
https://tinybuddha.com/blog/i-wanted-revenge-heres-why-i-let-it-be-instead/
https://tinybuddha.com/blog/i-wanted-revenge-heres-why-i-let-it-be-instead/
“To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be.” ~Jack Kornfield
I must admit right off the bat—as a serial entrepreneur, I’m a risk-taker. Throughout my twenties and thirties, I jumped at opportunities without always vetting the characters involved or asking what six months down the road might look like. I trusted, I leapt, I learned.
At twenty-three, I launched my first real business with another partner—an upscale pet resort. We had climate-controlled suites, a beautiful play yard, and classical music playing softly in the background. An elaborate four-tier fountain greeted guests …
I must admit right off the bat—as a serial entrepreneur, I’m a risk-taker. Throughout my twenties and thirties, I jumped at opportunities without always vetting the characters involved or asking what six months down the road might look like. I trusted, I leapt, I learned.
At twenty-three, I launched my first real business with another partner—an upscale pet resort. We had climate-controlled suites, a beautiful play yard, and classical music playing softly in the background. An elaborate four-tier fountain greeted guests …
Steve Jobs
http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Steve_Jobs
"You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new."
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"You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new."
Oprah Winfrey
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"If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think."
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"If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think."
My Daughter Needed Me to Choose Better, So I Did
https://tinybuddha.com/blog/my-daughter-needed-me-to-choose-better-so-i-did/
https://tinybuddha.com/blog/my-daughter-needed-me-to-choose-better-so-i-did/