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"When our Inner Child is feeling consistently loved by our Inner Adult, he or she is a wondrous being—trusting, creative, imaginative, curious, passionate, playful, energetic, enthusiastic, spontaneous, soft, sensitive, sensual, with an incredible sense of wonder and aliveness. Delighted just to be alive, he or she is open and receptive to new ideas and experiences."

— Margaret Paul

Inner Bonding
"It is our challenge and opportunity to foster in our children the living, breathing knowledge that they are worthy — as is — of being loved."

— Susan Stiffelman

Parenting with Presence
"If you can recognize and accept your pain without running away from it, you will discover that although pain is there, joy can also be there at the same time."

— Thich Nhat Hanh

No Mud, No Lotus
"One of the difficulties with shame is that it does not seem to be expressed and released in the same way as other feelings: Sadness and grief are released through crying, anger through yelling and stomping about, fear through screaming and shaking… Though it appears not to discharge, it does seem to dissipate under very special circumstances—the nonjudgmental, accepting contact of another human being."

— Babette Rothschild

The Body Remembers
"The essence of responsibility is the acceptance of the consequences—good and bad—of your actions. You are not responsible for everything that happens to you. You are responsible for how you deal with what happens to you."

— Eric Greitens

Resilience
"There is another way. It is the way of kindness, the way of slowness, the way of true self-acceptance."

— Jeff Foster

The Self-Acceptance Project
"Seen through loving eyes, every moment is an invitation to let go of the image of how life “should” be, to let go of the hope that the moment is going to be any different, and to embrace the moment as it actually is."

— Jeff Foster

The Self-Acceptance Project
"True healing is not a destination, not about ridding yourself of pain, fear, sorrow, and all that, not about becoming perfect, or immune, or untouchable, but has something to do with saying YES to the present moment (the only moment we are ever truly in connection with), and affirming it, even if it is uncomfortable right now."

— Jeff Foster

The Self-Acceptance Project
"Sometimes there is great intelligence in allowing yourself to actually feel worse right now, rather than scrambling to feel better immediately. To be curious about your symptoms rather than immediately rushing to get rid of them, remove them, numb them; for your symptoms may just be parts of you longing for love."

— Jeff Foster

The Self-Acceptance Project
"When we’re in the deepest, darkest, and worst emotional state, when it seems like self-acceptance is the farthest away, we are in fact one instant from the awareness that can transform us completely."

— Raphael Cushnir

The Self-Acceptance Project

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