Danielle LaPorte Quotes

When we want to feel courageous more than we want to check accomplishments off our list … When we want to feel free more than we want to please other people … When we want to feel good more than we want to look good … then we’ve got our priorities in order. Divine priorities — the kind that will steer you to the life you long for most deeply.

You will always be too much of something for someone: too big, too loud, too soft, too edgy. If you round out your edges, you lose your edge… Don’t apologize for being who you are.

"In short: all the woo is keeping us from dealing with our poo.

Instead of medicating with Marlboros and martinis, we might be doing it with metaphysics and macrobiotics. And unlike boozing it up to drown our pain, the side effects of neurotic psychoanalyzing or forced flexibility are difficult to spot. We don't end up in rehab from too much meditation or therapy — we just end up in more workshops. Think of that friend you have who has a not-so-loving relationship with her body, but because she eats "health foods" and talks a good "body positive" talk about just wanting to be strong, we cheer her on. But really, she's got self-destructive motivations and a mild eating disorder disguised as a holistic wellness routine. On the surface, positivity and wellness goalkeeping present so nicely that it can be hard to see when healthy actions are hooked to unhealthy ambitions.

Like too much of anything, spiritual bypassing can numb us out from our Truth — which is where the healing answers wait to be found."

Emotional intentionality is not about manipulating the actors in your play to create the right scene. It is about improvising and getting in the right frame of mind regardless of how other people are appearing on your stage.

...that's what students of life do — they sign up to learn

THE ESSENCE OF YOUR DESIRE IS A FEELING

At this point in my life, I am the joy that I've fought for

You got this. Make it happen.

Desire is a teacher: When we immerse ourselves in it without guilt, shame or clinging, it can show us something special about our own minds that allows us to embrace life fully. — Mark Epstein, Open to Desire

If your goals aren’t synced with the substance of your heart, then achieving them won’t matter much.

Can you imagine NOT craving to be different than you are right now?

Take a breath.

For just a moment... can you stop craving to be any different than you are right now?

Because here's the sacred paradox: transformation begins with the radical acceptance of what is.

No te lo tomes como algo personal. Controla tus sentimientos. No vayas con el corazón en la mano. No te impliques sentimentalmente. No seas tan sensible. No permitas que te controlen tus sentimientos. No importa cómo te sientas sobre ello, es así.

This is how brainstorming goes with brightly faithful people: “Hmmm. Uh-huh. Nope. Nah. No. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Ooh. Ahh. Wait a second. Holy shit, yes, yes, yes, oh my God, we could…and then we could…and it would be so…and holy yes and…I’ll sell it all if I have to…and what am I going to wear when I accept the award?! Who will we invite to the wedding?! How big do you think we can build it? Excuse me while I make a phone call.” They go off. It’s illogical, grandiose, crazy, and most certainly romantic. It’s faith.

Be strategic with your desires.
Leverage your contradictions.
Say no to resentment and yes to inspiration.
Make ease a metric of success.

True strength is not necessarily about skill or adeptness. It’s about vitality.