Tash Sultana Quotes

I'm not going to be everything to everyone.

I realized I was trained my whole life to be an accommodating person, to make sure that everybody is comfortable before I'm comfortable. After giving so much of myself to strangers, I learned to care for myself a little more, especially on tour.

It's very hard to balance being there for somebody else and taking care of yourself.

I tend to take things personally. But I can only take so much, and then I jump back. I have strong survival skills.

I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself.

You have to protect yourself, your body, your being. You cannot treat it badly; you have to keep it, make as sensitive as possible.

Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death.

I'm learning how to keep my identity and personal life sacred. It's a matter of knowing my limits. I don't have to give everything that's asked of me.

If you're gonna fall apart, do it in your own bedroom.

We can trust ourselves to know when our boundaries are being violated.

It sounds corny, but I've promised my inner child that never again will I ever abandon myself for anything or anyone else again.

Women need space and silence. We too quickly give away our energy. There's something about holding that richness.

I didn't know how to show my self love, and I didn't want anyone else to hurt me. So my tough girl attitude was like, 'I'm not having it.'

I'm afraid I'm still trying to find that balance. Especially now that everyone wants a piece of me. I find that I have to become more and more reclusive, and pick and choose when I am public and when I am private.

As caretakers, we feel drained when caring for another, and in order to take care of someone else, we need to take care of ourselves at the same time.

Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other people's best interests.

I usually don't read things written about me and I certainly don't read things if they are inappropriate.

Earlier in my career, I was much more super-sharey. There were moments when I wanted to process things that were happening to me more privately, and I didn't have the space to do it, because once you let people in, they're in, and you don't get to say, 'Oh, I want this for myself.'

I needed to get to know myself, discover where my limits were, not constantly push myself too much.

Eliminate activities that require you to be around people you cannot stand. Don't do things for people who should be doing them themselves... and don't waste time chasing trophies.

I don't want to spend my energy on people who don't like me.

Creating boundaries for yourself is healthy. A lot of panic attacks, in my experience, can be stopped by actually saying to somebody, 'Sorry I can't actually do this because I feel uncomfortable.'

It's not healthy to ever put someone first before yourself.

I don't mind to speak about myself until a certain point, but I think there's also stuff which is for myself that nobody has to know.

I understand my limits. I'm not going to go out there just to fight for money and to put on a show for people at the risk of my own health. I won't do that.