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a blog for highly sensitive people
“And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth. ”
RAYMOND CARVER
A Recipe for Self-Acceptance
“Self-compassion is when we turn towards ourselves the way we would to a best friend -- paying attention and listening to them with a tender heart, even through emotional discomfort.”