“The hallmark of secure attachment is being able to remain connected to yourself while also being connected to others.”

You don’t hold place for everyone’s shit.

You don’t have to be “finished” your healing work before entering into your relationship.

Imagine what you could be doing with all the energy you give away to people who don’t want what you want.

Choose the path that feels lighter.

Power and energy games only exist in a relationship when the ego is at the wheel. When we heal our hearts, we can show up as mature beings in service to love.

Ghosting is an expression of extreme anxiety and fear of intimacy. As much as it hurts to be on the receiving end, please know it was never about you.

Our ability to receive love is a mirror of our own self worth. Until we learn to receive love with an open heart, we’re limited to how deep our relationships can go.

One of the most painful things we can do is live our whole lives believing everything our mind tells us.

We cannot save people. But we can love them. And this is the highest expression of our essence.

Authentic love can be unconditional and still require reciprocity, respect, and mutual willingness.

Your partner is your spiritual teacher.

Healing takes time. Be gentle with yourself.

Coming home to yourself is the process of remembrance.

Opening your heart and being vulnerable in the face of fear is the most courageous thing you can do.

If they say they don’t want a relationship right now, that’s not an invitation to sit in their waiting room.

To be human is to embrace change. There are parts of you ready to die and parts of you waiting to be born. You are never broken, lost. You are ever changing. Always becoming.

Can we be committed to the process of what we’re doing without being emotionally attached to the results of what we’re doing.

Be committed to the process without being emotionally attached to the results.

How, love and addiction can have similar strains – of attachment.

I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope of its receiving a full discussion among those who are most interested in the subject.

I’m very attached to movie theaters and I love going to them. Nothing will ever replace that. It’s very romantic and beautiful. I used to want to live inside of one, with a bathtub, a bike and a bed, and just watch movies.

You try to get out there and live. I’ve always had good friends who’ve been very supportive and help make me feel good and grounded because I’ve never felt attached to the film industry.

When everyone at school is speaking one language, and a lot of your classmates’ parents also speak it, and you go home and see that your community is different -there is a sense of shame attached to that. It really takes growing up to treasure the specialness of being different.

He was attached by ties stronger than reason could break — chains, forged by habit, which it would be cruel to attempt to loosen.