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Thought of the day – conversation taken from Brené Brown’s live sessions “The Power of Vulnerability” on Audible…
“I remember going to Diana (my therapist) and saying: ‘I am like a turtle with no shell in a briar patch. (…) I can’t be a turtle without a shell in a briar patch. I need a shell. What kind of shell – get some meds – what do you have for me? Give me a shell. Give me like a therapist-sanctified-you-know-whatever shell. Give me a shell!
She’s like: ‘Well… I’ve got an idea. Why don’t you get out of the briar patch?!…’
Why don’t you stop living the way you are living? Why don’t you get out the briar patch? And then you’ll be super happy without your shell. You’ll be comfortable, lightweight, move around, nimble…. You are getting poked and hurt all the time, not because you don’t have a shell, but because you’re living in a briar patch.’ “
OMG – I can relate to that so much!
Here is a drawing I drew 4 1/2 years ago. Can you spot any similarities?!…
Note to self:
*actively work on getting out of the briar patch instead of trying to get a shell…*
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