Among the most reliable shots of dopamine available is spotting a daycare class slowly walking down sidewalk in Brooklyn with all the tiny kids in their tiny coats holding on to the strap that makes them a 12-pack

"How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." - Winnie the Pooh

There is no love in control. You cannot love someone and try to control them at the same time.

Twitter is full of hot takes + huge opinions, but a lot of us are just trying to summon courage to make it through the ordinary stuff of life. Your small courage matters just as much as the sharp words of a NYT bestseller. Your choice to say yes to your life today is stunning.

“Be yourself so that the people who are looking for you can find you.” - Nia Ocean

“[Reality] is not neat, not obvious, not what you expect.” -C.S. Lewis

I stopped asking patients to rate their pain I now solely ask how their pain is affecting their day to day

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If you can't wrap your head around someone who has had no choice but to become estranged from a parent, then you will not be able to wrap your head around the unbearable history that lead to that decision. Even if you can't make sense of it, you can respect it & not add more pain

one of the greatest breaks you will ever have the pleasure of watching a horse make. all heart

What doesn't kill you makes you live in fight, flight, freeze or fawn with a rattled nervous system. Take your time adapting and healing. You don't owe further explanation.

Wise does not mean the smartest, brightest, most talented, most charismatic, or most charming. This diagnostic simply deals with a person's ability to take feedback and make adjustments.

Trauma survivors crave honesty and authenticity. We have had to fight for our ability to think clearly and know who we are. It’s cost us greatly. We aren’t willing to engage with those who do not honor that.

“I felt that acquiescing to a false claim comprised my integrity.” - Gwyneth Paltrow I respect when people take a stand for the truth, especially when it comes at a tremendous personal cost to them in doing so.

Oh, the bravery of speaking up again when you weren’t heard the first time. To speak truth and be denied because your silence keeps the corrupt power imbalance safe. To say it again and again hoping justice comes and says “ I’m sorry I didn’t get here sooner.” Oh, the bravery.