Miranda Ruth Waterton
@sensiblecat
Miranda Ruth Waterton
‘How you are thinking about how you constantly try to organise your waking life so you can pack as much as possible into your day....Even though you seem to be frantically cramming as much as you can into your life, you feel constantly frustrated because it appears as if you are going nowhere....Most of the work you do is about preparing for succes... See more
Let's introduce ourselves.
True belonging is the spiritual practice of believing in, and belonging to, yourself so deeply that you can share your most authentic self with the world and find sacredness in both being a part of something and standing alone in the wilderness. True belonging doesn’t require that you change who you are. It requires that you be who you are.
Maria Popova • Aloneness, Belonging, and the Paradox of Vulnerability, in Love and Creative Work
Until you can accept who you are and value yourself deeply enough to bring your true, authentic self to others, you will experience an incongruence between your values and your actions.
Claire Jack • Women with Autism: Accepting and Embracing Autism Spectrum Disorder as You Move Towards an Authentic Life
Clinical studies of such children reveal that a preponderance of them have parents who have related to them in either a helpless and fearful way or a hostile and self-referential one. The children of helpless and fearful parents, in particular, have a very difficult time later in life. Their parents tend to be sweet and fragile, not hostile or aggr
... See moreMark Epstein • The Trauma of Everyday Life
Where parenting fails to communicate unconditional acceptance to the child, it is because of the fact that the child receives the parent’s love not as the parent wishes but as it is refracted through the parent’s personality.
Gabor Maté • When the Body Says No
