reminders
As a psychotherapist, I've watched people's lives transform when they start asking "what is this feeling trying to tell me?" instead of "how do I make this feeling go away?"
Your emotions are messengers, not obstacles.
Kate Harveysubstack.comWhen stress isn’t separated from identity, it can turn existential. Instead of thinking “this job is hard,” people think “I’m wasting my life.” Negativity bias (the brain’s tendency to prioritize threats over wins) reinforces this, making setbacks feel more meaningful than progress.
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you... See more
RE uncertainty
It taught me something I’ve never forgotten: confidence doesn’t come from fitting in, it comes from recognizing what feels aligned to you.
“When you learn what you can live without, you are able to ask life for the very best because you possess the gift of discernment. You are able to create an authentic life because you are able to make conscious choices.”
— Sarah Ban Breathnach
— Sarah Ban Breathnach
"Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; re-made all the time, made new."
(Ursula K. Le Guin)
(Ursula K. Le Guin)