Hope Cornelius
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Hope Cornelius
Viewing identity as a narrative marks its dynamic nature. It is a process, not an entity. Identity, as an ongoing story, evolves to encompass what comes into a life and omits what no longer seems at play in that life. The changes we undergo are metabolized
Ruthellen Josselson • Paths to Fulfillment: Women's Search for Meaning and Identity
How many dreams are abandoned for fear of looking stupid in the eyes of those who never think about us at all
Dylan O'Sullivan • Dylan O'Sullivan on Substack
Lifequakes are massive, messy, and often miserable. They come at inconvenient times that usually make them more inconvenient. They aggregate. But they also do something else: They initiate a period of self-reflection and personal reevaluation. They set in motion a series of reverberations that lead us to revisit our very identity. They force us to
... See moreBruce Feiler • Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age
Growth is natural for a healthy human being, but it doesn’t redress some fundamental deficiency. There is no such thing as a fundamental deficiency, despite what our prevailing cultural narrative says. Each person perfectly instantiates the version of personhood that they embody.
Christopher D. Wallis • Near Enemies of the Truth: Avoid the Pitfalls of the Spiritual Life and Become Radically Free
The main character in the book, The Nix, is at the mall, as a child, and is overwhelmed by the consumerism and the excess, and the way the mall tells you what you wants and then presents that thing to you. He says, “The mall’s overwhelmingness was meant to replace your imagination. Forget trying to dream your desires; the mall has already dreamed... See more
The reason is that the illness creates such frequent disruptive mental processes that the person is unable to perform the normal tasks involved in maintaining a residence : minimal personal hygiene, care for the housing, management of money. Throw in a lack of certain social skills and there is further erosion of self-sufficiency, self-care,
... See moreGary Smith • Radical Compassion: Finding Christ in the Heart of the Poor
Looking back over your entire life story with all its chapters, scenes, and challenges, do you discern a central theme?
Bruce Feiler • Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age
Trauma victims cannot recover until they become familiar with and befriend the sensations in their bodies. Being frightened means that you live in a body that is always on guard.
Bessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Our ancestors instinctively knew of this circular model of growth. In many cultures, the wheel is a symbol of growth and success. It combines the idea of progress and wholeness: It is complete, and yet it keeps on moving. It represents the perpetual change and transitory nature of life. The cyclic ages of Hindu cosmology, the wheel of life in
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