“you are more than just your personality—the personality that you and others associate with your “self” is only part of who you… — Beatrice Chestnut Identity Copy Share Image
“The Shadow represents everything we refuse to acknowledge about ourselves that nonetheless impacts the way we behave.” — Beatrice Chestnut Shadow Copy Share Image
“how we can transform ourselves to manifest our highest possibilities.” — Beatrice Chestnut Change Copy Share Image
“Developing our “true” self requires us to know, accept, and integrate all parts of our selves, including our Shadow elements.” — Beatrice Chestnut Identity Copy Share Image
“The “acorn-self” doesn’t know a life without fear; only the “oak tree–Self” grows beyond fear and anxiety.” — Beatrice Chestnut Fear Copy Share Image
“When I was thirty, I discovered the work of Ken Wilber and found myself ease into a sense of clarity and peace… — Beatrice Chestnut Peace Copy Share Image
“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In the space there is the power to choose our response. In our response… — Beatrice Chestnut Response Copy Share Image
“Being blind to parts of ourselves means that there is often a difference between the person we think we are—or the person… — Beatrice Chestnut Copy Share Image
“Author Cynthia Bourgeault presents an instructive parable in her book The Wisdom Way of Knowing that captures the essence of what this… — Beatrice Chestnut Oak tree Copy Share Image
“fully Westernized acorns, they went about their business with purposeful energy; and since they were midlife, baby-boomer acorns, they engaged in a… — Beatrice Chestnut Acorns Copy Share Image
“Delusional thinking, obviously, the other acorns concluded, but one of them continued to engage him in conversation: “So tell us, how would… — Beatrice Chestnut Acorns Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, in a not-so-far-away land, there was a kingdom of acorns, nestled at the foot of a grand old… — Beatrice Chestnut Acorns Copy Share Image
“specifically and the perennial philosophy generally. Before we do the conscious work of self-development, we are the seeds of what we may… — Beatrice Chestnut Flower Copy Share Image
“fully Westernized acorns, they went about their business with purposeful energy; and since they were midlife, baby-boomer acorns, they engaged in a… — Beatrice Chestnut Acorns Copy Share Image
