How We Heal Quotes

“give myself permission to release self-doubt. I give myself permission to try new things. I give myself permission to be alone and be okay. I give myself permission to have boundaries. I give myself permission to not have it all planned out. I give myself permission to fail and get back up. I give myself permission to be a vessel for joy. WRITING LETTERS TO JOY When we are in the trenches of our pain, it can be unimaginable to think we will make it through to the other side.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“Looking back, that was one of my first adult lessons on self-trust: to not know what I was doing and try anyway.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“Stillness and solitude are necessary for restoration and healing.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“Reclaiming our power means holding our fears, pain, hopes, and dreams all at once.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“I told Erika how painful it is to feel like the only mindful one in my family and how challenging and lonely it is to be the matriarch of healing for my lineage.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“Healing isn’t linear. It’s fluid, choppy, messy, and complicated. It’s liberating, expansive, transformative, and intuitive.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“Let this work show you what it’s like to lean into grace. We are in constant ebb and flow when it comes to learning self-love, inner peace, and deepening our connection with who we are striving to be. We cannot hate ourselves into being better versions of ourselves. It’s impossible. Love, patience, and understanding have to be at the center of our healing.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“Time isn’t the thing that will heal us; practicing what we are learning on and off the cushion, in and out of the therapist’s chair, will.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“At the end of the day, we live and die with ourselves. Creating a loving inner world is monumental.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“Many of us are not healing because we refuse to slow down and sit with the hurt, confusion, and turmoil that we’re carrying.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“Choosing to address our healing head-on is a self-nourishing act; it is an invitation to choose yourself, even when things hurt like hell.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“Healing demands effort.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

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― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“She reminded me that our parents do the best they can with what they have, and sometimes their best isn’t supportive of our healing in the way that we want or need.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“This is a helpful practice because it allows you to make space and room in your life for something other than your struggles. You are not your pain. Give yourself permission to welcome, acknowledge, and feel joy.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“give myself permission to speak up. I give myself permission to not know what’s next. I give myself permission to change my mind. I give myself permission to heal without judgment.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“Gratitude isn’t about taking inventory of the good things. It’s about making space in your heart, mind, and body to experience the mundane. Living fully and intentionally is an invitation to prioritize your own life, to ensure that you are giving yourself the time and space to become who you want to be. We miss things when our heads are down. We can’t see hope if we refuse to unlatch from what we think we know about the pain we’re clinging to.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“Moving through this dark season of life, I reminded myself that when I am grieving or in pain, I’m still worthy and grateful. It might sound counterintuitive to be grateful for our struggles, but without them we wouldn’t know resilience. To know joy is to know pain, and as Buddhism teaches, to live is to suffer. Gratitude is the nudge to remember our aliveness so that we can know joy and also recognize it when it shows up.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“There was no balance between prioritizing myself and showing up for those around me. I was living proof that being all in on one thing while sacrificing yourself serves no one at the end of the day. Gratitude practice showed me how to zoom in on my life and pay close attention to the small moments of joy, not just the large ones.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“I’d been doing so much without paying an ounce of attention to myself, let alone offering the gift of gratitude to myself. It’s almost like I ignored myself to stay connected and committed to everyone else.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“Alice Walker once said, “ ‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say.… [It] expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“During this time, I found a book called Wake Up Grateful by Kristi Nelson. It would further help me unfold into a more healed and present version of myself. There’s a line in that book that I will never forget: “Gratitude is great, but gratefulness is greater.… Gratefulness is a way of being that helps us focus our attention and navigate our lives with gratitude as our compass.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“If you can’t write because it feels like your voice is caught in your throat, do something else that offers you a sense of belonging, refuge, and comfort. Make your healing practice your own. You don’t always have to be unpacking the depths of your soul on the page.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“The author of Do Walk, Libby DeLana, who has since become a friend, writes, “Go gently, slow down, look up, and humbly learn.” Her words often come to mind as I walk further into my healing and closer to myself. When I can’t process my thoughts on paper, I walk, and I encourage my mind to go where it feels good. When we welcome a sense of ease in our lives, it takes the pressure off trying to solve our problems right away.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“As you work through these practices, remember that your inner child is part of your story. Welcome them, engage with them. Do not silence them. Let them help you grow in your power. Their voice is your voice.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“No matter your circumstances, your inner child needs your attention. You can empower”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“There’s no separating our current self from our younger self.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“I’ve carried the loneliness and hurt of my childhood so close that it was hard to let myself feel safe.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“Remember what your work is. Inner peace starts when you stop trying to change people who do not want to change. Your healing and their healing are not synonymous.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free

“ended up reinforcing the lie that I couldn’t trust myself or my thoughts.”
― Alexandra Elle, How We Heal: Uncover Your Power and Set Yourself Free