“Living a good life has more to do with how authentic you live and allowing the consequences of that engagement to flow through your experience.” -Tadayoshi Inoue
Emotional Trauma and our lessons
“Until you make peace with who you are, you’ll never be content with what you have.” – Doris Mortman
Who is in your tribe?
“Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying.” – Fred Rogers
What is holding you back?
“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” – Carl Jung
Mind body connection
“Our live is shaped by our mind, for we become what we think.” – Buddha
Choose what you feel
“Love is who I am, It is the energy of my spirit and it calls to me each day to express itself. And I answer the call because when I do, everyone, including myself feels the benefit. Love is simply my choice to lean into who I truly am.” – Tad Inoue
Emotions teach us
“Not being able to sit with our own feelings and allow them to inform us, no matter how badly they make us feel, is like going to school, not listening to the instructors for your lessons, and then afterwards complaining about how much we don’t know.” – Tad Inoue
Finding Your Daily Joy
“Joy always comes to us from a choice we each make with the perspective we bring to each moment.” – Tad Inoue
Understanding self love
“To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.” – Fred Rogers
Emotional intelligence is critical to your success
“As much as 80% of adult “success” comes from EQ (emotional intelligence).” — Daniel Goleman