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1 " Love can treat emotional pain. "
― Stephanie M. Hutchins
2 " Like others who've experienced immense suffering, I was just doing the best I could to survive in the aftermath of my traumas. "
3 " Your pain didn't start with you, but it can end with you. "
― Stephanie M. Hutchins , Reclaim Your Life After Trauma
4 " We are our own worst critics. We judge ourselves harshly and then wonder why we don’t feel confident of achieving our desired goals. "
5 " Just because pain is part of your story, doesn’t mean it must be part of its ending. "
6 " Suffering may be a part of your life experience, but it doesn’t need to define how you’ll experience the rest of your life. "
7 " This is a very harsh world that we live in and none of us will escape its wrath. We are not going to leave this Earth untouched from trauma. "
8 " Goals are important because they allow you a new way to define yourself. Instead of defining yourself by your past, your trauma, and what you did to survive in the aftermath, you can define yourself by the person you’re becoming. "
9 " You can be the light that someone needs today. Be that light. "
10 " Setting goals gives you hope that your future reality can be better than your past or present reality. "
11 " Love is one of the best antidotes for emotional pain. "
12 " Some of our greatest growth emerges from our greatest struggles. "
13 " It’s imperative to recognize that you’ve done what you’ve done since your trauma simply to survive. "
― Stephanie M. Hutchins , Transformation After Trauma: Embracing Post-Traumatic Growth
14 " Some people smile even when their heart is breaking. "
15 " I can’t wait to live my life until I have someone to live it with. "
16 " The desire to get approval from others holds people back and keeps them stagnating in a life that they don't even want because they're afraid of what other people are going to think if they fail. "
17 " Meditation proves to us that painful thoughts can arise and we have the power to let them go. It allows us to stay present and know that was then and this is now. "
18 " If I'm going to live for decades more after my trauma, it's not useful to just think of how it destroyed me. It's not going to allow me to be successful in any aspect of my life. So I have to shift how I look at my experiences so that they don't hold me back. "
