“Forgive yourself, every single minute of every day. Wake up in the morning and forgive yourself.”— Heather Havrilesky, thecut.com
“If you are someone who has low self-worth, it’s because you’re measuring it on how 'good' you think people see you as, and not on whether or not you actually show up and create worth to others.”— Brianna Wiest, medium.com
“There’s no clear-cut answer to feeling less guilty for just existing, but a good start is to take time for yourself that isn’t organized or easily optimizable.”— Marianne Eloise, vice.com
“For as many moments of clarity as there have been, there have been periods of shame and confusion and out-of-season peaches. All I can do to move through them is to try to set my doubts aside, get back to the kitchen, and cook.”— Andy Baraghani, bonappetit.com
“While we’re quick to praise others, it’s rare that we turn that same happy gaze inward. Instead, we nitpick the failures that seem glaring to us—but microscopic to others.”— Molly Shea, advice.shinetext.com
“You deserve the space that you can take up. And you can take up as much space as you need.”— Megan Rapinoe, marieclaire.com
“I love that I was able to give people a place to be the version of themselves they had always hoped they could be.”— Keah Brown, zora.medium.com
“You are free. You are real. You are blameless. You are whole. You can want things. There is no moral to this story.”— Heather Havrilesky, thecut.com
“You’ve been through so much, you’ve endured so much, time will allow me to heal, and soon this will be just another memory that made me the strong woman, athlete, and mother I am today.”— Serena Williams, harpersbazaar.com
“I don’t want to drown in motherhood. I don’t want my daughter to gasp under this weight.”— Laura Sievers, humanparts.medium.com
“Decide you’re deserving of real friendship, true commitment and complete love with people who are healthy and thriving, and watch how quickly everything begins to change.”— Brianna Wiest, thoughtcatalog.com
“Stop accepting the minimum amount from the people you pour all your effort into.”— Holly Riordan, twitter.com
“I believed I needed to prove my value by fixing the most brilliant, beautiful object in the room, rather than recognizing my own worth as a subject.”— Nicole Peeler, humanparts.medium.com
“There is a massive world full of people and it’s really easy to get caught up in feeling like you’re not an individual, but it’s vital to recognize that you have so much to contribute without even realizing. You have a story to tell and the journey that you’ve been on. Every single person on this pl…”— Chidera Eggerue, vogue.co.uk
“If you want to have healthy relationships with other people, you need to develop a healthy one with yourself first, and that can’t come without you spending time on your own. You literally need to be alone.”— Chidera Eggerue, nytimes.com
“My value lies in my voice and I have made the choice to be as vocal as I can about what's going on not only around me, but inside me too.”— Chidera Eggerue, theslumflower.com