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We can’t make them.

I want you to be vulnerable with me.
I can’t make you.

I want you to choose curiosity and love.
I can’t make you.

I want you to build trust with me.
I can’t make you.

I want you to get it right.
I can’t make you.

I want you to do what I think is the right thing (except our definitions of right are often different).
I can’t make you.

I want you to take care of and love yourself.
I can’t make you.

I want you to do the work to choose and receive your healing.
I can’t make you.

We can’t make them.

I can and will make sure that no matter what I get from you, I will stand in my values, I will choose grace and love, I will lean into vulnerability and be courageous. 

I will not let you steal my courage.

Please don’t let them steal yours. <3

Author:

Justine is a Licensed Professional Counselor with more than 25 years of experience in traditional mental health and personal and professional development. Justine has been certified in the work of Dr. Brené Brown for ten years. Justine is the author of eleven books, including five Amazon bestsellers covering subjects such as infertility, faith, and grief. She has been honored to do two TEDx Talks, The Permission of the And and The Donut Effect. She travels nationally and presents virtually to global audiences delivering keynotes, workshops, retreats, and trainings on topics such as leadership, courage, resilience, mental health, preventing and coping with burnout, and courageous and curious conversation, especially in creating cultures of belonging and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Justine lives in St. Louis with her husband Chad, their three dogs, and for four months of the year hundreds of monarch and swallowtail butterflies.

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