Gentle Quotes

“it’s definitely a journey to re-attune myself to this after a lifetime of people pleasing.”
― Courtney Carver, Gentle: Rest More, Stress Less, and Live the Life You Actually Want

“Instead of asking, ‘Have I worked hard enough to deserve rest?’ ask, ‘Have I rested enough to do my most loving, meaningful work?”
― Courtney Carver, Gentle: Rest More, Stress Less, and Live the Life You Actually Want

“The deprogramming from our brainwashing will take intention and time. Rest is a meticulous love practice, and we will be unraveling from our sleep deprivation and socialization around rest for the remainder of our days. This is a blessing. Rest is radical because it disrupts the lie that we are not doing enough. It shouts: 'No, this is a lie. I am enough. I am worthy now and always because I am here.”
― Courtney Carver, Gentle: Rest More, Stress Less, and Live the Life You Actually Want