Reboot Podcast Episode #185 – What If You’re Already Enough? – with Grace Belangia

Memorable Quotes:

“In my journey, some of the feedback I’ve gotten has been around this idea of self-love. Like, am I enough for myself? Just being okay with being okay with myself.” – Grace Belangia

“What I discovered was, in my own way, I think this journey since I’ve met you was: how do I build that table? Instead of being invited to it, how do I build the table? And then who can I invite to that table symbolically, right? It’s an open invitation to belong.” Grace Belangia

“Who am I? And where do I choose to belong? And if that thing, group, community, whatever, doesn’t exist, I can create it for myself.” – Grace Belangia

“To use language in my infamous questions about one of which is, what am I not saying that I need to say? Perhaps you’re saying the things that you need to say because you’re not afraid of the consequence of saying the things that you need to say.” – Jerry Colonna

“What I really want, as I’ve always wanted ever since I was a kid, was to speak with my own voice so that I can be heard, so that I can be seen, so that I know that I’m loved, that I’m safe, and that I belong.” – Grace Belangia

“If you remember from Reboot, I talked about the crow who sits on your shoulder, not the mini Jerry who sits on your shoulder, but the crow who sits on your shoulder, telling you that your writing sucks, the painting sucks, you have no purpose, you have no meaning. And what I believe is that that voice, which sometimes takes the voice of ancestors, sometimes not. But its prime motive is to protect you from humiliation and shame, or protect us from humiliation and shame. And see, if you just listen to what the voices say, the gremlins say, then you won’t take a risk.” – Jerry Colonna

“How do you choose to spend your minutes can create an easeful and, dare I say, graceful way of approaching second adulthood.” – Jerry Colonna