Wendy Whelan Quotes

'Never Have Your Dog Stuffed' is really advice to myself, a reminder to myself not to avoid change or uncertainty, but to go with it, to surf into change.

I don't have time to beat myself up over my fallible nature. Instead I use my energy to learn from my past and let it inform my future. It's time to own all of our glory, mistakes, mess and light and be gentle to ourselves. Let's be kind to our spirits and celebrate the truth of our hearts.

The twists and turns of your life can be so unexpected, and that's a good thing to learn.

I hope to grow up and see myself accepting myself and accepting time going by and everything falls.

I think change is good because it teaches you that it's nothing to be frightened of.

If I learned anything from Betty coming into my life, it's to just be open to all the things that come along.

I shall not grow conservative with age.

By loving yourself, you're going to be a happy person. A lot of people don't like themselves for whatever reason.

The older I get, the more I embrace who I am.

I want to continue to be me and share with people.

When you invoke the agent of change called acceptance, you must accept all that you are, all that you've been, and all that you will be in the future.

Some people won't like me; that's just human nature. I battled with that for years, trying to please people, but now I haven't got time to win people over! I've got nappies to change!

Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used. And don't try to give me that nerd argument that your heart is a 'Batman' with a limited-edition silver bat-erang and therefore if it stays in its original packing it increases in value.

In my twenties, I was obsessed with what other people thought of me. In my thirties, it's about my children, my husband, my work. In my forties, it's going to be about me, and I shan't care what anyone else thinks. I can't wait!

I've learned that the perfect picture that I hold in my mind of what my life looks like is constantly changing, growing, evolving. I remind myself that I am exactly where I need to be in my life; otherwise, I would surely be somewhere else.

I want kids to know that it is okay to make a change in order to feel better about themselves.

The older I get, the more I feel almost beautiful.

I find that when we really love and accept and approve of ourselves exactly as we are, then everything in life works.

I can't change the world. I have to fix me.

I don't think I've ever tried to change anyone. I don't have the energy.

Life is so much easier when I allow myself to be myself and go with the flow. Whatever that looks like on a given day. If I can get quiet enough to truly check-in with myself, I usually end up on the right track.

I'm very comfortable in my own skin now. I started just being myself more and more. For women, this happens as you get older. I loved my 40s - I thought they were fantastic. And I'm loving my 50s. I'm going to love everything because you're either older or dead!

Changing what you don't like about yourself can be empowering, and that's not a bad thing. Feeling secure enough to own what is weak and missing from either your body, mind or spirit and to commit to action to change it is a good thing.

Life is a journey and it's about growing and changing and coming to terms with who and what you are and loving who and what you are.

I've learned to be more accepting of myself. I'm 37, not 18, and I've got the lines to prove it. I try to remind myself that a girl can have it all, just not all at once.