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“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals.” – Brené Brown

There’s a saying in social work that is so common and maybe you’ve heard it too …

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” – Anaïs Nin

No one really talks about how growing into yourself can feel like loss…

“The hours we spend with ourselves are the foundation of every true friendship; solitude is not absence, but preparation.”
– May Sarton

We are living in a culture of loneliness. In fact, it is now referred to as the epidemic of loneliness experience…

“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
– Joseph Campbell

Looking back to when I first started college, I remember the constant pressure I put on myself to have everything figured out…

“If you feel pain, you are alive. If you feel other people’s pain, you are a human being.”
– Leo Tolstoy

There’s something I’ve been sitting with lately that feels heavy, and I imagine I’m not the only one. As social workers…