5 Quotes & Sayings By Meg Haston

Meg Haston is the author of the bestselling memoir "The Other Side of Chocolate". Meg is also an organizational consultant for corporations, nonprofits, and personal service firms. She is the former executive director of the nonprofit Center for Nonprofit Excellence, which she co-founded in 2001 with her husband, John J. Sexton Read more

Meg has performed executive coaching with the executive development firm The Bridgespan Group. She lectures frequently on topics related to leadership and motivation, including her book "How to Communicate Effectively." Meg holds a B.A. in journalism from Colorado State University and an M.Ed.

in educational administration from Jacksonville State University.

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This is the terrible thing girls like us have in common" she explained. "Parents, upbringings, lifestyles, that are painfully normal. Middle class." It was almost amoral, being raised this way, she told me fiercely. We'd never really understand pain. And wasn't that the human condition? By shielding us from the real world, pressing their palms over our eyes during all the bad parts. our parents -our parents-were keeping us separate from humanity. We were something else entirely. Meg Haston
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But every time I near sleep, I'm scared shitless. Because the memories are coming faster now, pouring through me, as if I've broken the handle on the faucet. They are coming, no matter how much is hurts. And all I can do is hold my breath and try not to drown. Meg Haston
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Promise was like a precious stone, she told me: hypnotising, but after a while the weight of it could sink you. Meg Haston
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We are all a collection of lost causes, stashed here so no one has to see just how wounded we are. Meg Haston