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Canoeing the Mountains
“Christian Leaders: You were trained for a world that is disappearing.” ~Tod Bolsinger

Permission to Feel
“Emotion regulation is not about not feeling. Neither is it exerting tight control over what we feel. And it’s not about banishing negative emotions and feeling only positive ones. Rather, emotion regulation starts with giving ourselves and others the permission to own our feelings—all of them.” ~ Marc Brackett

The Power of Habit
“Change might not be fast and it isn't always easy. But with time and effort, almost any habit can be reshaped.” ~Charles Duhigg

Becoming
“If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others.” ~Michelle Obama

Hold On, But Don’t Hold Still
“I love humour. I need humour. Tackling life without it is like trying to eat soup with a fork. Sure, you'll still get a tiny bit of nourishment from eating that way, but you'll miss out on so much goodness.” ~Kristina Kuzmic

If I Knew Then
“Being envious of other people’s talents will make you bitter. Being envious of other people will steal your joy. Be yourself. Believe me, the sooner you are able to cheer yourself on, the better. Do what YOU do and BE who YOU are.” ~Jann Arden

Strengths Finder 2.0
“Building your talents into real strengths also requires practice and hard work, much like it does to build physical strengths.” ~Tom Rath

The Only Woman in the Room
“I was like an antenna seeking out sounds no one else could hear. Silent harbingers of doom.” ~Marie Benedict

The Power of a Half Hour
“Take back your life, thirty minutes at a time” ~ Tommy Barnett

The Four Tendencies
“It’s been freeing to focus on what works for me rather than what’s wrong with me.” ~Gretchen Rubin

More Myself
“And when I reveal my true heart, not everyone is going to approve. What I know now is that I don’t need them to.” ~Alicia Keys

I Thought It Was Just Me
“Nothing silences us more effectively than shame.” ~Brené Brown