What I Know to Be True: Simple Principles for a Meaningful Life
There are few things in life we can hold onto with certainty.
Most of what we think we know—our plans, our beliefs, our sense of control—shifts with time and experience. What made sense to us five years ago might seem unrecognizable today. What we once feared might turn out to be the very thing that saved us.
The Heart That Breaks Open: How Pain Expands Us
No one wants to experience heartbreak.
We resist it, fear it, do everything we can to avoid it. We tell ourselves that if we just make the right choices, build the right walls, and protect ourselves well enough, we can keep from breaking.
But at some point, life has its way with us.
We lose people we love.
We fail at something we deeply cared about.
We experience rejection, disappointment, loss.
How to Be Enough: Self-Acceptance for Self-Critics and Perfectionists
For as long as I can remember, I’ve lived with an inner voice that told me I wasn’t quite there yet.