“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your own heart. Who looks outside dreams, who looks inside, awakens.” ~Carl Jung Dear Introvert, We live in an extraverted world, one that is not always kind to introverts. You may be that introvert who was bullied because you were quiet, or who felt as
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“Quiet people have the loudest minds.” ~Stephen Hawkin I have wonderful family and friends and have always hoped that I would pass along a helpful legacy. Lessons for them to remember, memories to smile about, and love to lean into during hard times. For years, though, it seemed like the biggest thing I was passing
“Life isn’t about surviving the storm. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.” ~Vivian Greene Compassion is one of humanity’s greatest gifts. During times of suffering, such as following the death of a loved one, sufferers rely on the empathy of others to survive their ordeal. Yet, too often when someone is grieving, we do little more than offer an “I am sorry
“We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection.” ~Brené Brown January – 2012 I remember sitting in a small, dark room waiting for the surgeon to arrive.
“Wounded children have a rage, a sense of failed justice that burns in their souls. What do they do with that rage? Since they would never harm another, they turn that rage inward. They become the target of their own rage.” ~Woody Haiken Survival mechanisms are ways of being that we picked up along the
“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” ~Thomas Jefferson To most people, redundancy is a dreaded word. It conjures up thoughts of hardship, of scarcity, and of struggling to make ends meet. I have twice been made redundant, and at both times, it was difficult
When I started Tiny Buddha, one of my main goals was to help us all heal the traumas that haunt us and hold us back in life. In much the same way that our personal traumas hinder us each individually, our collective trauma adversely affects the whole world. And healing that trauma is critical for
“Quiet the voice telling you to do more and be more, and trust that in this moment, who you are, where you are at, and what you are doing is enough. You will get to where you need to be in your own time. Until then, breathe. Breathe and be patient with yourself and your
“Being a mother is learning about strengths you didn’t know you had and dealing with fears you never knew existed.” ~Linda Wooten It was October of 2016 and there I was staring at the wall after yet another sleepless night, nursing my one-year-old, and feeling like a total failure because this motherhood thing still didn’t
“Relax. Nothing is under control.” ~Adi Da Samraj This has been an incredibly difficult, stressful, and uncertain year for me, as it has been for most people. If I was told a year ago that in 2020, my work hours as a healthcare professional would be reduced, I would be quarantined for months in a
“They say that abandonment is a wound that never heals. I say only that an abandoned child never forgets.” ~Mario Balotelli Loss is never an easy experience. However, it is a part of life, so we need to accept it and find ways to cope with it in order to keep moving forward. Whether someone
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“Money is numbers. And numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end.” ~Bob Marley On January 17th, 2020, I lugged the last remaining boxes from my office and sat in my frozen car, stunned at what had come to fruition. The “be careful what you wish
“Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at the moment.” ~Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose Have you ever felt a general dissatisfaction with where
“Placing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgment gives you the power to change them.” ~ Byron Katie I will never forget the day a dear friend of mine told me I sounded like a victim. I can recall I was
“Nature is the best medicine for serenity. Peace. Calmness. Stillness. It’s good for the heart.” ~Karen Madwell I was looking for a way to stop obsessing over the future. I’d spent my adult life as an underground musician, and it had been wonderful for the large part. The thing is, it wasn’t good for me anymore.
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” ~Stephen Covey In August 2019, I was sitting in my therapist’s office with my head in my hands. I was heartbroken over a recently ended relationship, stuck working a job I wasn’t excited about, and I was living across the
“I used to dislike being sensitive. I thought it made me weak. But take away that single trait, and you take away the very essence of who I am. You take away my conscience, my ability to empathize, my intuition, my creativity, my deep appreciation of the little things, my vivid inner life, my keen
“Things turn out the best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.” ~John Wooden Aside from always wanting to celebrate turning forty in Paris at the top of the Eiffel Tower, I had another special birthday dream: to run in an international marathon. My flight and hotel were booked, and
“I believe in intuitions and inspirations…I sometimes FEEL that I am right. I do not KNOW that I am.” ~Albert Einstein I’ve been thinking a lot. Maybe you have too? There’s a lot to think about these days. I’m taking in information, processing new ideas, adapting the conditions of my life to the current circumstances,
“The more in harmony you are with the flow of your own existence, the more magical life becomes.” ~Adyashanti Have you turned on the news lately only to want to shut it off after a few minutes? It seems that chaos has enveloped this planet. Every corner of every street has been impacted by the
“We need to start focusing on what matters—on how we feel, and how we feel about ourselves.” ~Michelle Obama Do you remember the little girl (or boy) in you? The kid who ran, jumped, danced, laughed anywhere and everywhere they felt like it—before someone told them to shush, that they were too big, too loud,
“If someone does not want me, it is not the end of the world. But if I do not want me, the world is nothing but endings.” ~Nayyirah Waheed Rejection means a lot of things to a lot of different people. To healthcare professionals, it may mean immunological incompatibility, a body not accepting a transplanted
“The key is in learning how to live a healthy, satisfying, and serene life without being dependent on another person for happiness.” ~Robin Norwood When it comes to relationships, people can call you “crazy” and “needy” all they want. I can only guess some people don’t know how crazy it feels when every cell in
“Mindfulness isn’t difficult. We just need to remember to do it.” ~Sharon Salzberg As a Brit, I do what we British people do best: drink tea. Lots of it. I’ve drunk a cup of tea every morning since I was a chubby-faced teenager. I used to think tea was the best thing ever, that friendly
“I wish for a world where everyone understands that discomfort is the price of legendary. And fear is just growth coming to get you.” ~Robin S. Sharma For years, I felt like the most incredible dancer. Whenever I heard music, no matter where I was, I would start moving, at first slowly and then, as
“It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” ~John Steinbeck When you lose someone close to you, there are a plethora of duties you must first complete. When my boyfriend passed away from cancer at the age of twenty-nine, I was just twenty-three. We
“I have written eleven books, but each time I think, ‘Uh oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody and they’re going to find me out.’” ~ Maya Angelou Any minute now they would find out. I scanned the large conference room. The twenty-six project team members around the table discussed
“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” ~Buddha Just the other day, I had one of those moments with my husband, and not the kind of moment they write about in romance novels. The world has been so different these last several months, and so many are feeling the effects of months
“Quiet the voice telling you to do more and be more, and trust that in this moment, who you are, where you are at, and what you are doing is enough. You will get to where you need to be in your own time. Until then, breathe. Breathe and be patient with yourself and your