"The process by which I created my characters was instinctive," Fleur writes, looking back at her first novel from a time when she has written many, "the sum of my whole experience of others and of my own potential self, and so it has always been".
FGM/C is nothing less than an excavation of the core female identity in every way, leaving the woman a mere husk of her potential self.
Then, she has them connect to what it would look like if they were to be living as their highest potential self, the one who is most confident, abundant, and happy.
By simply eliminating should from your self-talk vocabulary today, you start thinking of your potential self that, when cultivated, will help you become who you were always meant to be.
The potential self-discovery can, of course, work both ways.
He worried about the effects of potential self-inflicted delays.
Here, the CSJ is subordinating the safety of children to the potential self-improvement of abusers.
Instead, they can rely on a strategy of precommitment to potential self-punishment.
What does all this do to our inner lives, our potential selves?
Faced with bureaucratic hurdles and frustrations, many potential self-builders abandon projects, sometimes after months of planning.
He cited the US constitution's fifth amendment, declining to give evidence on the grounds of potential self-incrimination.
