“We don’t fear physical closeness because we fear proximity itself. Most of us earnestly want physical contact with those who love us. Rather we fear what we will feel when we get too close. The real fear, then, is of… — David Richo Copy Share Image
“What scares us ultimately may not be closeness itself but the feelings it evokes. For someone with a fear of engulfment, closeness may set in motion an old, familiar cycle in which closeness led to abandonment or abuse. Now we… — David Richo Copy Share Image
In the hero stories, the call to go on a journey takes the form of a loss, an error, a wound, an unexplainable longing,… — David Richo Copy Share Image
“It took just such evil and painful things for the great emancipation to occur,” Nietzsche said. He is also the one who said that… — David Richo Copy Share Image
The most exciting part of finding out who we are is discovering our own uniqueness, who we are outside the box, beyond the categories… — David Richo Copy Share Image
The human heart holds much more love than it can ever disburse in one lifetime. — David Richo Copy Share Image
The Five A’s (attention, appreciation, acceptance, affection, allowing) are simultaneously the fulfillment of our earliest needs, the requirements of adult intimacy and of universal… — David Richo Copy Share Image
In mindful grief, we become the landing strip that allows any feelings to arrive. Some crash, some land softly. Some harm us, but none… — David Richo Copy Share Image
Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us. — David Richo Copy Share Image
Fate often allows a future to take shape with no regard for our expectation, plan, or readiness. Fate's skillful editing of our life choices… — David Richo Copy Share Image
Trust in someone means that we no longer have to protect ourselves. We believe we will not be hurt or harmed by the other,… — David Richo Copy Share Image
Relationships are not about how two people can survive each other but about how the whole world becomes more capable of love, with all… — David Richo Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is both a state of being and a daily spiritual practice, a form of meditation. — David Richo Copy Share Image
Love is the possibility of possibilities. Its farthest reach is beyond us, no matter how long we love or how much. It will always… — David Richo Copy Share Image
“The foundation of adult trust is not "You will never hurt me." It is "I trust myself with whatever you do.” — David Richo Copy Share Image
Early fear was felt cellularly and was indeed real. Defensive postures were necessary, but defenses generalize cellularly in adulthood and do not expire. It… — David Richo Copy Share Image
“Patriotism comes from the same Latin word as father. Blind patriotism is collective transference. In it the state becomes a parent and we citizens… — David Richo Copy Share Image
