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John Gardner • Personal Renewal
Besides, our emotions are not the problem in and of themselves. They are useful biological communicators that have evolved with us over millennia to help us survive. It’s getting stuck in our emotions where the problems can arise. The goal, then, is to facilitate how emotions move through you. Mental wholeness is having the inner capacity and resou
... See moreIvy Ross • Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
As an adult trying to be my own person, understanding which feelings are genuinely mine and which are those I have inherited is often confusing. People like me, and maybe you identify, so let me say people like us, frequently feel responsible for the emotional condition of others.
Mark Nepo • The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who's Been There: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There
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