☙★༻* gayatri sehgal *༺ꨄ❧

you're allowed to outgrow someone who refuses to grow

woah shocker!

empathy is not dependent on self abandonment

the best pace is a sustainable one

a person in a bucket hat stands in front of a projector screen holding a mic. the screen says, "when you're in your own lane, there will never be traffic."

"they say that 'first you use your tools, then they use you back.'"

"sometimes waiting is the whole picture of the life of faith"

“good artists are society’s unacknowledged but most exemplary trauma workers.” - radfem therapist bonnie burstow

transparentcy

"perhaps equipoise has something slightly different to offer, holding different truths without needing to resolve them right away."

purple is a nonbinary color idc what anyone has to say abt it

u can't change anything u don't take responsibility for

whichever of your parents is unhealthier is the gender expression you're probably attracted to

small shift for more compassionate speech:
❌ toxic
✅ maladaptive

an unbelievably tiny, slightly translucent white mushroom, with a thin, curving stalk and a cap that looks like a jellyfish, growing out of the moss covering a tree trunk. the photo has very shallow depth of field, with the mushroom and an area of moss in focus but the foreground moss blurry and the background black with a hint of green

weird little guy (respectful)

female cardinal spotted in the hudson valley this morning (♡︎ω♡︎)

@sierraclub.org members should get free premium access to the @alltrails.bsky.social app 🥾🥾( ｡ •̀ ⤙ •́ ｡ )/ !

Photo of a fluffy. white, branchy Cladonia tuft, with red-tipped podetia throughout the tuft.

The most “festive season” lichen photo I have.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays +++ from snowy Newfoundland, Canada!

#lichen #fungi #fungifriends

A dramatic and moody vertical shot of a dense pine forest where bright beams of sunlight pierce through the upper canopy, cutting through the darkness in distinct, angled rays. The light illuminates the texture of the tree branches and falls onto a rugged dirt path with wooden steps at the bottom, creating a high-contrast, ethereal atmosphere.

Christmas Day Rays. #forest #sunbeams #woodland #naturelovers #lightrays #trees #landscape #scenic #nature #outdoors #hiking #moody #atmospheric #smartphonephotography #photography

that will teach you the pleasure it is to be with your senses in the moment

so make decisions you will be proud of looking back on. this is all you've truly got.

such is the buddha's teaching of śīla, or right speech & action

to anyone who feels their life purpose is being in a relationship (my younger self): be warned this *will* lead to codependency

when the relationship that seemingly fulfills all your needs falls apart (because it will) you will be freed

:)))))

when the meditation bell rings that ur time is up but u got a lil lost in thought & need to hang in a bit to enjoy that last breath with real presence lmao

"John Bowlby, father of attachment theory, wrote, 'We are happiest when life is a series of excursions from the secure base provided by our attachment figure.' That rhythmic dance—outward exploration, inward regrouping—defines healthy autonomy more than stoic detachment."

the flicker is back for a visit

"your past has no meaning unless your ego is using it as evidence as to why something isn't working in your life"

"u have to let go of the vehicle you built to get you here because it was a boat and u cant ride a bost on land !!!!! wait this is such a good metaphor!!!” - a therapy client of mine

i am open to pleasant surprise

not all progressives must expose themselves to news or discussions of centrists/the right wing. but all progressives must apply their values by consistently efforting to regulate their nervous system and choose understanding over hate. there is no other way to create our radically imagined futures.