Outshining Trauma Quotes

“Anxiety is often the by-product of parts having a lot to repress in the name of functioning. Anxiety is rarely a primary emotion but rather the outcome of having lots of other emotions and thoughts that certain parts of us feel we can’t allow to the surface. Anxiety is often not held by parts so much as it is a feeling generated by parts when they feel stressed about holding it together.”
― Ralph De La Rosa, Outshining Trauma: A New Vision of Radical Self-Compassion Integrating Internal Family Systems and Buddhist Meditation

“attitudes are easier to change than emotional patterns. It’s simpler to open your heart than to change entrenched behavioral habits. It’s easier to love than to figure it all out.”
― Ralph De La Rosa, Outshining Trauma: A New Vision of Radical Self-Compassion Integrating Internal Family Systems and Buddhist Meditation