“In search of relationship safety, our attachment system is primed to seek the answers to certain questions regarding our partners . . . If I turn towards you, will you be there for me? Will you receive and accept me instead of attack, criticize, dismiss or judge me?. . . Can we lean into and rely on each other?” —from Polysecure

“Models of justice that centre punishment do not prevent abuse but only react to it, and they don't offer a pathway toward healing for either perpetrators or survivors. Nor do they acknowledge the dual reality that a great many perpetrators are themselves survivors.” —from I Hope We Choose Love

“Trauma is also a wordless story our body tells itself about what is safe and what is a threat.” —from My Grandmother's Hands

“Every time you take in the good, you build a little bit of neural structure. Doing this a few times a day—for months and even years—will gradually change your brain, and how you feel and act, in far-reaching ways.” —from Buddha's Brain

"​Beginning to understand how our lives have become ensnared in this trance of unworthiness is our first step toward reconnecting with who we really are and what it means to live fully." —from Radical Acceptance

“Our parts can sometimes be disruptive or harmful, but once they’re unburdened, they return to their essential goodness." —from No Bad Parts