{"quotes":[{"text":"Blame is a Defense Against PowerlessnessBetrayal trauma changes you. You have endured a life-altering shock, and are likely living with PTSD symptoms— hypervigilance, flashbacks and bewilderment—with broken trust, with the inability to cope with many situations, and with the complete shut down of parts of your mind, including your ability to focus and regulate your emotions.Nevertheless, if you are unable to recognize the higher purpose in your pain, to forgive and forget and move on, you clearly have chosen to be addicted to your pain and must enjoy playing the victim.And the worst is, we are only too ready to agree with this assessment! Trauma victims commonly blame themselves. Blaming oneself for the shame of being a victim is recognized by trauma specialists as a defense against the extreme powerlessness we feel in the wake of a traumatic event. Self-blame continues the illusion of control shock destroys, but prevents us from the necessary working through of the traumatic feelings and memories to heal and recover.","author":"Sandra Lee Dennis","tags":["affect","affect-regulation","betrayal","betrayal-bond","betrayal-trauma","betrayal-trauma-theory","blame","control","emotional-health","emotions","higher-purpose","hypervigilance","illusion","memories","mental-health","mental-illness","out-of-control","posttraumatic-stress","posttraumatic-stress-disorder","powerlessness","ptsd","regulate-emotions","self-blame","shock","trauma","trauma-victims","traumatic","traumatic-experiences","traumatic-memories","traumatized","victim-blaming","victimhood","victimization","victims"],"id":105905,"author_id":"Sandra+Lee+Dennis"},{"text":"In essence, leadership is the sense of calling to a higher purpose.","author":"Amit Ray","tags":["higher-purpose","leadership","leadership-characteristics","leadership-development","leadership-training","leadership-vs-management","sense-of-calling"],"id":106191,"author_id":"Amit+Ray"},{"text":"Self-care is how you take your power back.","author":"Lalah Delia","tags":["affirmations","awakening","balance","balanced-life","be-still","calm","career","daily-life","daily-ritual","daily-rituals","emotions","flow","frequency","higher-consciousness","higher-living","higher-power","higher-purpose","higher-pursuit","higher-self","inner-beauty","inner-calmness","inner-peace","inner-strength","journey","life","love","mantra","meditation","parenting","peace","personal-development","personal-growth","prayer","recharge","recovery","relationships","renew","resilience","restore","routine","school","self-care","self-love","self-love","spirituality","strength-through-adversity","stress","stress-relief","thoughts","vibration","well-being","wellness","yoga"],"id":117297,"author_id":"Lalah+Delia"},{"text":"After one divorce and other on the way I am seriously considering a ME-rriage now and .T's going to be epic! I will ask my hand in meTRInomy, for it will become a trigamy. And me, my higher self and third I will live happily ever after life...We will live in threesomeness!","author":"Ana Claudia Antunes","tags":["bachelorette","being-in-a-relationship","bliss","divine","divine-self","divine-source","eat-pray-love","ecstasy-of-love","embrace-who-you-are","embrace-your-original-self","energy","grace","harmonious-society","harmony","higher-consciousness","higher-purpose","higher-self","holy","inner-searching","inner-self","joy","life","life-changing","love","love-yourself","marriage","marrying","matrimony","me","me-myself-and-i","metamorphosis","mirror","peace","physical","potential","priestess","relationship-with-self","sacred","self-discovery","self-esteem","self-knowledge","self-love","self-realization","soul","spiritual","spiritual-development","spiritualism","spirituality","state-of-being","trinity","whole"],"id":228733,"author_id":"Ana+Claudia+Antunes"},{"text":"Divine does not tempt us to see what's in our hearts, it tempts us so we could see what's in our hearts.","author":"Aleksandra Ninkovic","tags":["divine","higher-power","higher-purpose","introspective","our-hearts","see","tempt","understand"],"id":283068,"author_id":"Aleksandra+Ninkovic"},{"text":"You are a gift to the universe, but a package is only valuable if it allows itself to be unwrapped.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["enlightenment","gift","guru","higher-potential","higher-purpose","inspirational","inspirational","inspirational","inspirational-about-life","inspirational-motivation","life-lesson","life-lessons","life-lessons","life","life","life","life-and-sayings","life-inspirational","motivation","motivational","motivational","motivational-of-the-day","motivational","motivational-for-women","potential","sage","spiritual","spiritual","spirituality","talent","universe","universe"],"id":327099,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"I figure, sometimes, bad things happen to us so we can achieve a higher purpose and attain greater happiness and fulfillment in life.","author":"Omoakhuana Anthonia","tags":["bad-things-happen","fulfillment","great-happiness","happy-life","happy-living","higher-purpose","inspirational","life","life-and-living","life-experience","life-lessons","motivational"],"id":331658,"author_id":"Omoakhuana+Anthonia"},{"text":"Men were born to protect and love, and our women help us to serve a higher purpose.","author":"Missy Lyons","tags":["higher-purpose","love","lust","men","women"],"id":347748,"author_id":"Missy+Lyons"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":8,"pages":1}}