3 Quotes by Jess van der Hoech

Practicing talking to yourself can be a really helpful thing too, even in the mirror; we get so hung up on wondering what other people see, that we forget that actually, we don't see ourselves. We don't see our facial expressions when we speak to others, sometimes it can be helpful to learn what you do look like when you talk, because when you know, you don't have to wonder.

It is. It is OK. I feel better for him having said that. I know in that moment, there was something in his eyes, something in the way he spoke, something in his whole demeanour that told me what I needed to know, to validate me I suppose. He does remember.

well if your mum tells you the same thing and confirms what you believe to be true, it won't change anything. You'd simply hear the same information from a different person. Would that really change how you feel about it? It's nothing new. Whereas if your mum was to tell you something different...." Sadie waits for me to fill in the blank. It takes me a second to find my three words."It changes everything.