Abuse-recovery Quote by Jeanne McElvaney

Coming out of the trance of denial is painful. But crises offer us opportunities to rethink our lives. The best thing about despair is…

— Mary Pipher

“Healing is not about moving on or “getting over it,” it’s about learning to make peace with our pain and finding purpose in our…

— Shirley Kamisky

“You don’t have a revelation and suddenly walk away empowered and whole. You’re never whole. You heal a little at a time, helped along…

— Joshua Guess

When you are on denial, it feels like the world just pushed you down in a quagmire. Getting over is like running around in…

— Ces Peta

“We all can heal ourselves. All we need is courage to accept the truth, dig deep without our hearts to find the light of…

— Anamika Mishra

“Grief taught me that healing is not about one big moment of clarity. It is about tiny practices, repeated daily, until they start to…

— Christina Stiverson

“We can’t heal what we refuse to acknowledge.”

— Scott Stabile

“Denial is the inevitable consequence of those who are presented with disastrous scenarios without being offered an avenue for success. That is why we…

— Ashavan

“Hope is not pretending that troubles don't exist. It is the trust that they will not last forever, that hurts will be healed and…

— Elizabeth Chase

“When you begin a healing process, it’s normal to wish you’d started it sooner, to regret all the time you spent without your new…

— Rochelle Schieck

“Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you - all of the expectations, all…

— Rachel Naomi Remen

“Everyone you trust, everyone you think you can count on, will eventually disappoint you. When left to their own devices, people lie and keep…

— Lauren Oliver