“When I'm triggered, I think, "This will last forever" or "What if this lasts forever?" I get thoughts about how I should give up, run away, hide, protect myself. These thoughts, I cannot change. What I can change is how… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“I wanted, for so long, for someone to understand me better than I understood myself, to take control of me, to save me, to make it all better. I thought that the hardest part of a loving, mutually healing relationship… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“What if each time you experienced an emotion, you acknowledged it, accepted it, and became curious about its message for you (instead of trying… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“Instead of labelling your emotions as problems to solve, you can see them as signals to interpret. Instead of judging your desires as shameful aberrations, you can learn to meet them in healthier ways. Instead of calling yourself critical names when you cannot build or break certain habits, you can explore your motivations. You can become a student of yourself… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share
“The biggest mistake people make when trying to be authentic is just that: they try. They see these role models of what an "authentic" person is supposed to look like or act like, and they try to emulate that. Authenticity isn't about what things appear to be. It's about allowing things to be what they are. Authenticity is about getting… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share
“We are like puzzle pieces who are perfectly suited to make a giant picture together, but we are assembling ourselves in the dark.” — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“Don't let your fear of criticism suffocate your leadership potential. Once you begin to speak your truth, you will discover the people who have… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“This is what a real teacher does: she opens the gates of our minds to the possibilities of the soul.” — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“Day after day, more and more medications are prescribed for depression and addiction, assuming that these things run in our blood, when really they… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“Any piece of advice comes with some risk of creating dependence. What we can do is add trust to the mix so it can… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“There was magic. Some kind of alchemy. I don't remember the moment you transformed from a prop into a main character. No, that's not what happened. I don't remember when you shape- shifted from an elf into a Prince. No, that isn't it either. What I really mean is: I don't know if we were meant to fall into each… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share
“When you love people, you are curious about who they are, what they think, and how they feel. You watch them closely, wondering about their experience and what you can do to make it more enjoyable. You feel compassion for their pain and seek to make it more bearable. You are eager to learn the unique language of their existence.… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share
“There is no transcending our minds, only using them optimally.” — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“We throw away real people searching for the "perfect" person the same way that we throw ourselves away searching for our "perfect" self.” — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
