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“We must be learning if we are to feel fully alive, and when life, or love, becomes too predictable and it seems like there is little left to learn, we become restless-a protest, perhaps, of the plastic brain when it can no longer perform its essential task.”
― The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
― The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
“On the other hand, wasn’t that the very definition of life? Constant adaptations brought about by a series of never-ending mistakes?”
― Lessons in Chemistry
― Lessons in Chemistry
“Young or old, French women don’t want to give up the experience of being loved for their beauty or sexual power. And it’s not just on TV, or at home, or at work – it’s everywhere.”
― Audrey's Gone AWOL
― Audrey's Gone AWOL
“Do you think about dying?’ ‘I think about living better because I know I will die. That’s the point, isn’t it? I’m acutely aware I’m closer to my death than my birth.”
― Audrey's Gone AWOL
― Audrey's Gone AWOL
“Through the eyes of compassion, from your own regulated nervous system, you can see another person’s dysregulated system, respond with regulation, and connect with kindness. From the energy of your ventral vagal system, you can also connect inside and be with your own suffering in an act of self-compassion. Ongoing experiences build the capacity for connecting with compassion. Find the combination of practices that brings your ventral vagal system alive. Create your own compassionate connections.”
― Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client-Centered Practices
― Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client-Centered Practices
Libby Davy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Libby Davy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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135 friends
47 books
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391 books
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73 books
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332 books
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236 books
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146 friends
84 books
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49 friends
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