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Laurie Goddard's avatar

What a lovely compliment. I always hope to aspire to this. ⬇️

“Her gentle, quiet, tender voice and ability to simply listen without her eyes darting to all the other impressive voices and faces in the room—it calmed me.”

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Lore Wilbert's avatar

Me too!

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Nicole Eckerson's avatar

Wow. That line about assuming hesitations are yellow flags not red flags, is WISDOM. I'm gonna think about that for a long while.

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Lore Wilbert's avatar

Right? Isn't that such a good bit? The whole book is so, so good.

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Julie's avatar

I’ve followed Emily for years and met her awhile ago, too. Thanks for sharing your story with us, too. Would love to connect more with you:).

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Linda Stoll's avatar

Thank you for inviting us into this wise and grace-filled conversation ... I wish I would have done a much kinder exit out of several rooms along the way ...

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Lore Wilbert's avatar

I wish that too =) And I wish it for my future self too!

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Tammy Evans's avatar

I have followed Emily's work for a long time. I listened to the podcast when she first started it! I have a bookstore gift card and may venture out and pick this up today. I am on hold at the library but I may not be able to wait that long! Thank you for this delightful post today!

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Lore Wilbert's avatar

I hope you're able to get it! It really is a beautifully done book =)

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Annelise Roberts's avatar

I am so excited to get my copy today! I also really relate to that idea of leaving in a way that gives others more closure than I've given myself. I will be thinking on that. Not to prioritize my feelings over everyone else's, but to prioritize them too.

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Lore Wilbert's avatar

Yes! Prioritize them too. That's the key =)

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Lore Wilbert's avatar

I think as we heal, we help the world heal a little bit more by degree. So keep on healing =)

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