"We have cultural scripts that give us roles based on every aspect of identity and all of that impacts how am I relating to what I enjoy. I am always comparing how I feel internally with how I feel I should be doing externally. And that’s not really based in “what do I like”?".
"When my emotional needs are being met, I'm much better as a physical human being."
“You start to realize that the things you’re habitually doing may be causing more suffering and how can you love yourself more, how can you nurture yourself more, so you can start to change that relationship with yourself.”
"Any tool that you can give someone that helps them look at themselves through a lens of understanding and compassion can only be helpful."
"It’s doing what works for us in order to allow ourselves to move to the next place and to feel empowered and confident about that. I think fear is part of that. It’s our relationship with fear that allows us to determine our own destinies."
"Empathy is the precursor to kindness. It is not an act of kindness. It is your ability to understand the need for, or the awareness of an opportunity, to act kind.”
"I think it's time to celebrate the people we've become, and the humans that we are, regardless of what that path was."
"My work is about healing the soul and whatever helps us do that, to me, is 'spiritual'."
"Not only is it difficult for the person going through their mental health concern, but it's also really difficult to be a witness; and to not have the floor to say, "Oh, this is hard for me, too."
"Some of the greatest healing comes in when you can sit in the middle of the paradox, of two seemingly opposite things, and simply be with it.
It is this, and, it is that."
"No matter where you are right now, it's a great place to start doing something that feels good for you."
“Having your own spirituality is a connection to your Self, Capital S, or connection to your own spirit or soul and also connection to something greater than ourselves.”
"Mindfulness meditation initially helped me soothe negative emotions. And then from a place of calm, I could explore those negative emotions; fearful emotions."
"I'll come to my deck, too, with more specific questions sometimes, or if I'm going through something and need a little bit of guidance. It really is just such a beautiful tool for self reflection, and a little bit of extra hand holding and guidance, when you feel kinda stuck."
"At the end of the day, intention and identity are about what we decide, and about what we choose. I think it is the most important intersection."
"What I love about play is it is one of our greatest access points to our inner creative genius. And it is my belief that every single one of us has an inner creative genius."
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