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Don't Tell Me to Relax: Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage, Feels, and Freak-Outs

Book by Ralph De La Rosa · 5 quotes · Parts Work, Psychology, Internal Family Systems

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Don't Tell Me to Relax: Emotional Resilience in the Age of Rage, Feels, and Freak-Outs Quotes

“Our anger is moral. Our rage is sacred. Our anxiety contains wisdom. Our hearts are telling us the truth. If the truth makes others uncomfortable—good. Show me an alarm clock that makes a sweet sound and I’ll show you an alarm clock I can sleep through.”

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“So much of what the self-love movement gets wrong is the result of viewing the self as some kind of monolithic and singular entity. That’s how we’ve been taught to experience ourselves. But when we put ourselves under the microscope, when we take a good look inside, that view starts to unravel. We begin to experience our inner lives as fluid, dynamic, multifaceted, vast, and surprising.”

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“We are not one-dimensional, and our multiple dimensions are not static. Just as our bodies are made of many parts that form a dynamic, interwoven system that works together, so it is with our psyches. We are more awake, alive, and complex than we know.”

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