Amy

“We do that by numbing the pain with whatever provides the quickest relief. We can take the edge off emotional pain with a whole bunch of stuff, including alcohol, drugs, food, sex, relationships, money, work, caretaking, gambling, affairs, religion, chaos, shopping, planning, perfectionism, constant change, and the Internet. And just so we don’t miss it in this long list of all the ways we can numb ourselves, there’s always staying busy: living so hard and fast that the truths of our lives can’t catch up with us. We fill every ounce of white space with something so there’s no room or time for emotion to make itself known.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“You either walk into your story and own your truth, or you live outside of your story, hustling for your worthiness.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“When we own our stories, we avoid being trapped as characters in stories someone else is telling.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong