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“Writers give readers courage – the courage to be utterly your complete and complex self. (In reference to Audre Lorde)”

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Jackie Kay

Jackie Kay is a Scottish poet, novelist, and playwright. Known for her distinctive voice and exploration of identity, gender, and culture, her work encompasses personal experiences, history, and contemporary social issues. more

“Pain and self-loathing habitually implants its incendiary embers in the universal desire for other people to love us. What a life torn asunder by bolts of pain laced with shame teaches us is that we cannot look endlessly for other people to love us. We must delve from ourselves the ability to unreservedly love all life forms and empathize with all people. We should care for, and not judge, or be envious of other people. When we learn unconditionally to love other people, we learn to accept our own fitful humanity.”

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Book:Dead Toad Scrolls

Source: Dead Toad Scrolls

“Sometimes, you can learn something completely mind-blowing in yoga and then totally forget about it the minute you need it the most. Or just kind of choose to forget it. 'I don't need no philosophy, I need fixing.' Which isn't to say nothing ever goes wrong, because it does; or that they're aren't parts of you that you just can't bring yourself to accept or maybe even detest at times (which I know is a strong word but it does apply), because I'm sure there are; or that there's no such thing as catastrophe, because there is. Oh my god, there is. And sometimes all you want to do is fix it.”

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Book:Bent: How Yoga Saved My Ass

Source: Bent: How Yoga Saved My Ass

“I don’t take orders from people who are weaker than me.”

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Book:The Quest for Freedom

Source: The Quest for Freedom

“As you get to know what takes you away from life, you have more moments throughout the day where your mind, body and heart are all right here, and you discover a reverence for all beings and things.”

Healing Self Acceptance

Book:The Gift of Our Compulsions: A Revolutionary Approach to Self-Acceptance and Healing

Source: The Gift of Our Compulsions: A Revolutionary Approach to Self-Acceptance and Healing

“Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance.”

Belonging Self Acceptance

Book:Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

“your mind can never allow self-acceptance, since it is by nature self-contradictory and divisive. In fact, thinking is wholly based on a duality that prevents you from ever relaxing into yourself.”

Self Acceptance

Book:Unlocking the 7 Secret Powers of the Heart: A Practical Guide to Living in Trust and Love

Source: Unlocking the 7 Secret Powers of the Heart: A Practical Guide to Living in Trust and Love

“Because we were treated neglectfully and abusively in our young years—when we most needed self-love to be mirrored—it was difficult to hold onto…We take up the challenge of learning to love ourselves, through our highs & our lows, when we are finding acceptance from others and when we are being closed out and rejected.”

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Book:Beyond Survival: A Writing Journey for Healing Childhood Sexual Abuse

Source: Beyond Survival: A Writing Journey for Healing Childhood Sexual Abuse

“The less approval I get, the more chances I have to develop a relationship with my inner sense of approval. Thankless environments are actually useful for this. They help me discover my own thankfulness and my own self-appreciation.”

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Author:Vironika Tugaleva

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