“What is chemistry in a relationship, Really? Chemistry can be spontaneous combustion that excites, incites, often harms. But not understood. Chemistry can also be that which is studied, intentional, and knows how to be repeated and improved upon. Do you have the right chemistry?”
“Wherever the responsibility lies, shame creates a solid and terrible feeling of unworthiness that resides in our bodies: the storehouse of the memories of our acts, real or imagined, and the secrets we keep about them.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“By accepting and learning to embrace the inevitable sorrows of life, we realize that we can experience a more enduring sense of happiness.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“Real Love for ourselves by definition includes every aspect of our lives—the good, the bad, the difficult, the challenging past, the uncertain future, as well as all the shameful, upsetting experiences and encounters we’d just as soon forget.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“When we open our hearts to the breadth of our experiences, we learn to tune into our needs, unique perceptions, thoughts & feelings”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“When we contemplate the miracle of embodied life, we begin to partner with our bodies in a kinder way.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“Now that the house was securely hidden, the fact that he was holed up with Havily sent a wave of heat over his body. I'm not going to be able to keep away from you, he said. Tell me you know that. Tell me you understand.
Her eyelids fell to half-mast as she released a deep sigh. Another wave of honeysucke hit him square in the chest. No one is asking you to, Warrior.”
Source: Burning Skies
“To imagine the way we think is the singular causative agent of all we go through is to practice cruelty toward ourselves.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“It’s affirming that we can look at any experience from the fullness of our being and get past the shame we carry.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“We can use meditation as a way to experiment with new ways of relating to ourselves, even our uncomfortable thoughts.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection