“If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can’t survive.”

— Brene Brown

Colourful matchsticks surrounding a burnt-out match

“We don’t get wounded alone, we don’t heal alone.”

— Carl Jung

Woman stretching, getting out of bed

“In the fight against fear, action is your superpower.”

— Dr Julie Smith

Large tree changing to Autumn leaves

“The paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

— Carl Rogers

Person standing on top of a mountain, triumphant

“A happy life consists not in the absence but in the mastery of hardships.”

— Helen Keller

Sunrise, new day, skyline

“Hope is a function of struggle.”

— Brene Brown