In these moments, we must remember that who we are is far more vast than our ideas of who we are.

“I am connected to everyone and everything.”

one who is actively pursuing the qualities of character that constitute a life of goodness and love.

the disappointing truth is that no one will treat you any better than you’re treating yourself.

The single most important thing you can do to break free of your old painful patterns, and begin living your version of happily ever after, is to ferociously challenge these narratives.

Then I’d imagine that the miracle had already happened, and I was in a wonderful relationship with a kind and loving man.

Luckily, however, you can. You are a maker of miracles. You possess the power to declare a future that is very different from your past, and begin leaning in to discover who you will need to become in order to manifest, then sustain, that experience.

As unhealthy as the other person may be, toxic ties are usually the result of two unhealthy habits on your part. Number one, failing to speak your truth. And number two, failing to set appropriate boundaries.

We’ll need to start showing up instead in ways that inspire others to mirror back to us the truth of our value and our power.