“

Every year around this time, the demons that hide inside my head come out to play. It doesn’t matter how much I try to stop them or silence them, they are too strong to be stopped. 

“

For the hearts that have suffered, it can be difficult to love and be loved. But your heart is still alive, and so must you be.

“

Sitting with trauma, looking at it, making seeing every part of it a priority and not running away from any part of it is a process.

“

You want to give someone else a chance but the thought of kissing someone new seems so unpleasant and scary. 

“

Maybe you’ve seen it, or maybe you’ve been in it: the relationship that’s dramatic, explosive, unhealthy… and completely irresistible.

“

There is so much counterproductive advice circulating about what emotional healing is. 

“

Healing is our responsibility because we have this one life, this single shot to do something important. 

“

What they don’t tell you about healing is that it isn’t peaceful. 

“

Instead of accepting the ways we think life did not work out, we have to be able to see what was at the core of our desire, and figure out a way to still give ourselves that experience now.

“

Your body remembers everything that has ever happened to you.