Memorable Quotes:
“We all have this sense of I’m failing and it doesn’t matter if the public forward facing-ness makes you look like you’re the rockstar or you’ve got it all together. And in reality, I think we’re all struggling in some way.” – Grace Belangia
“Those failures, you know, they pile up, and they start to make you feel like you’re inadequate, or that you don’t really have your shit together. The imposter syndrome kicks in big time.” – Grace Belangia
“Everybody’s got a gift. Everybody’s got a story. Everybody has significance on this Earth.” – Grace Belangia
“Part of the languaging that I heard here is that there’s a wish that those people would be heard. Which, in that jiu-jitsu move that we can often do, might also be a reflection of the wish of ourselves to be heard.” – Jerry Colonna
“When was Grace told to shut up and so, therefore, she shut down? “ – Jerry Colonna
“Bravery is a strength. But so is the ability to have your heart broken.” – Jerry Colonna
“The ability to have your heart broken implies an ability to feel empathetic connection, meaning I can touch into the pain that I have experienced so that I can compassionately be with someone else’s pain. Compassion means to be with feelings.” – Jerry Colonna
“The problem is that your own self-definition of worthiness is linked to whether or not the people of power and influence agree and support the idea.” – Jerry Colonna
“The fear of abandonment is a fear that we will not find a place where we belong.” – Jerry Colonna
“The only person who has such profound, persistent capacity to reject the essence of you is you. The only person who can put you in a position where your DNA is fundamentally, completely and totally annihilated is you. So the powers that be, as you referenced, those with influence and power to decide whether or not you are worthy or you belong, is you.” – Jerry Colonna
