Identity
by juarry · updated 1d ago
Identity
Building meaning is what makes us happy.
- Katherine Morgan Schafler
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- Question: How can I judge myself less harshly and appreciate myself more?
Ram Dass on self-judgment:
I think that part of it is observing oneself more impersonally. I often use this image, which I think I have used already, but let me say it again. That when you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some ... See morejuarry added 2mo ago
- Someone has to tell these kids, “wherever you go, you’ll find yourself there, and you have to start to do the work of accepting who you are, as much as you may not like yourself.” The stakes are high.
from You Are You. We Live Here. This is Now. by freddiedeboer.substack.com
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High lonesome can be a beautiful and powerful place if we can own our pain and share it instead of inflicting pain on others. And if we can find a way to feel hurt rather than spread hurt, we can change
from Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown
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This points to the truth that the world view we operate from affects everything from how we feel to how well we process information to how we behave.
The mode we tend to live from, hostile or friendly, survive or thrive, is a reflection of which brain circuits have been most consistently recruited over a person's live, starting in childhood. Childr
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Dr. Theodore Rubin in his book Compassion and Self-Hate
from The Now Habit by Neil Fiore
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Through my thirties, I traded one type of self-destruction for another: I gave up partying for perfectionism. I still wrestled with being an outsider—even in my work
from Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown
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Emotionally unavailable men were taught as children that there is NO WAY to negotiate the storm. Emotionally unavailable men were taught that they don’t have what it takes to make things different.
from The Emotionally Unavailable Man by Patti Henry
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