relationship with self

how we relate with and feel about ourselves

We put such pressure on ourselves to know exactly who we are and what we want in every moment; it’s okay for some things to be fuzzy. People who identify with having “so many issues” are often just people who don’t have immediate or perfect closure on the ever-evolving experience of being human.

Katherine Morgan Schafler • The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control

rob hardy

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. -Frederick Douglass

rob hardy

Our external struggles with life mirror our internal struggles with integrity.

Dr. Steven Brownlow twitter.com

Supritha S

The unspoken belief behind self-improvement is "I'll be worthy when..."

Joe Hudson • Tweet

rob hardy

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. – Anne Lamott

Andreas Vlach

I think a perfect relationship is a really, really good conversation that keeps on going for your entire life

rue yi • Tweet

rob hardy

There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.

-H Thurman

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rob hardy

“I’ve never seen any life transformation that didn’t begin with the person in question finally getting sick of their own bullshit” – Elizabeth Gilbert

Oliver Burkeman • Tweet

rob hardy

“Sorrow eats time. Be patient. Time eats sorrow.”

― Louise Erdrich

Andreas Vlach