we all want to avoid pain and loss. We all do, although there's no such thing as life without pain or life without loss.
Maybe you are trying to avoid vulnerability in the m, but it's impossible if you want to love and live fully. Like wanting to learn to fly a plane or drive a car but not wanting to ever crash...
You can't fly or drive without risk.
Brene Brown has written about shame and vulnerability and what she calls "wholehearted lives" and love. Learning to embrace our vulnerability and moving forward anyhow...
Check out her podcast or books, b/c they are enlightening & moving.
Her books are based on empirical data, not just how she feels/thinks.
You may get a whole lot of her work
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