Only those who constantly retool themselves stand a chance of staying employed in the years ahead.
Ads sell a great deal more than products. They sell values, images, and concepts of success and worth.
Wholehearted living is not like trying to reach a destination. It's like walking toward a star in the sky. We never really 'arrive,' but we certainly know that we're heading in the right direction.
When I look at narcissism through the vulnerability lens, I see the shame-based fear of being ordinary. I see the fear of never feeling extraordinary enough to be noticed, to be lovable, to belong, or to cultivate a sense of purpose.
Joy, collected over time, fuels resilience - ensuring we'll have reservoirs of emotional strength when hard things do happen.
Effort + the courage to show up = enough.
If you put shame in a petri dish, it needs three ingredients to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put the same amount of shame in the petri dish and douse it with empathy, it can't survive.
. . . eating animals involves an intentional decision to participate in the suffering and death of nonhumans where there is no plausible moral justification.
I'm so loud, as if I know what I'm on about, but deep inside, I'm so insecure. Just a little girl.
Why should we grope among the dry bones of the past, or put the living generation into masquerade out of its faded wardrobe?
I never really look at life and worry about missed opportunities.