You can’t dress rehearse the bad moments.

Vulnerability pushed, I pushed back. I lost the fight, but probably won my life back.

Numb the dark and you numb the light.

We are hardwired to connect with others, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering.

We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.

If you own this story you get to write the ending.

When we can let go of what other people think and own our story, we gain access to our worthiness—the feeling that we are enough just as we are and that we are worthy of love and belonging. When we spend a lifetime trying to distance ourselves from the parts of our lives that don’t fit with who we think we’re supposed to be, we stand outside of our story and hustle for our worthiness by constantly performing, perfecting, pleasing, and proving. Our sense of worthiness—that critically important piece that gives us access to love and belonging—lives inside of our story.