Shoutout to @loomstead for this super cosy bedding, the grande pillows have been so great for all my late night reading! One of my June intentions is to read more. During my liver cleanse I went out and bought 2 books. A book about how to be a stoic (more on that later) and Brene Brown’s latest and greatest - Rising Strong. I first came across Brene Brown from her Netflix special (if you haven’t watched this yet, I implore you to do so ASAP). The book so far has resonated with me in more ways than I could’ve imagined. I haven’t finished it yet, but there’s one excerpt that stood out to me that I wanted to share. . Brene and her husband were on holiday at their lake house, they went on a morning swim & during this swim Brene felt super close & connected to her husband and put herself out there by sharing her feelings of closeness with him when they were mid swim. He responded with a ‘yeah the waters nice’ & kept swimming. A little taken aback that he brushed her off she proceeded to say it again further on into their swim. He responded much of the same. At that point she went straight to the narrative in her head, you know that little voice that creeps up & creates this story that may as well be as good as true. She immediately thought he was turned off by seeing her in a speedo, she thought he wasn’t attracted to her anymore. Instead of being passive aggressive towards him the rest of the day she decided to confront him about it and ask him what’s going on. He confessed to her… he was just trying not to have a panic attack, he couldn’t hear what she had to say as he was just too busy counting his strokes. He had no clue she was being vulnerable with him! . It struck a cord with me because I often have these inner narratives that expect the worst from a situation, make up stories of how people may act the way they do when in reality we have no clue what’s going on in someone elses head, it could very much be their own narrative they’re dealing with. My takeaway from this is that the narrative in our heads is not always reality, always speak your truth & that everyone is going through something, even if they may seem cool calm & collected on the outside. . Outfit - @loft Hair Scarf - @madewell @liketoknow.it liketkit http://liketk.it/2ChZM