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The things we do to protect ourselves, they get harder to let other people get close. As terrifying as it might be to let your guard down, the rewards speak for themselves. Because at the end of the day, the only person worth being… is yourself.

[Meredith Grey] Grey's Anatomy S21E03

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Even when we have no idea where we are or where we're going, with the right map, we can find our way back to our heart and to our truest self.

[Brené Brown] Atlas of The Heart

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In this life, we will know and bear witness to incredible sorrow and anguish, and we will experience breathless love and joy. There will be boring days and exciting moments, low-grade disappointment and seething anger, wonder and confusion. The wild and ever-changing nature of emotions and experiences leaves our hearts stretch-marked and strong, worn and willing.

[Brené Brown] Atlas of The Heart

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Our connection with others can only be as deep as our connection with ourselves. If I don't know and understand who I am and what I need, want, and believe, I can't share myself with you.

[Brené Brown] Atlas of The Heart

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Every single day, our feelings and experiences show up in our bodies, they're shaped by where we come from and how we were raised, they drive how we show up, and each feeling has its own unique backstory.

[Brené Brown] Atlas of The Heart

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I've been known to run from vulnerability like someone is chasing me.

[Brené Brown] Atlas of The Heart

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Why do we cause each other so much pain, and why do we turn away from hurt when the only way to the other side of struggle is through it?

[Brené Brown] Atlas of The Heart

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When we are reckless with people's stories, we diminish our own humanity.

[Brené Brown] Atlas of The Heart

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So how do we know what other people are feeling? We ask them.

[Brené Brown] Atlas of The Heart

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How we express what we're feeling and experiencing can be as unique as we are.

[Brené Brown] Atlas of The Heart

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It's not fear that gets in the way of courage, it's armor -- how we self-protect when we feel uncertain or fearful.

[Brené Brown] Atlas of The Heart

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We are inextricably connected to each other by something greater than ourselves.

[Brené Brown] Atlas of The Heart

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Humility allows us yo admit when we are wrong -- we realize that getting it right is more important that needing to "prove" that we are right.

[Brené Brown] Atlas of The Heart

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Self-righteousness is the conviction that one's beliefs and behaviours are the most correct.

[Brené Brown] Atlas of The Heart

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The self-righteous scream judgments against others to hide the noise of skeletons dancing in their own closets.

[John Mark Green]

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Hatred will always motivate people for destructive action.

[Agneta Fischer, Eran Halperin, Daphna Canetti, Alba Jasini] Why We Hate

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With the same amount of power, language can also be used to strip people of their dignity and humanity. With awareness about how dehumanization works comes the responsability to call out dangerous language when we recognize it.

[Brené Brown] Atlas of The Heart