When I am around someone who is a joy stealer, I say to myself, I only have to deal with you for an hour. That person has to deal with thinking that way every moment of their lives.

People are going through tough times. I want to say to them, "Live your joy." I know I can tell them that because I went through a lot of hard times. I had a choice of either succumbing to the hard times or figuring it out.

I spent so much of my life shut down from the abuse of my childhood. I didn't have friends and I didn't have connections with people.

My definition of confidence is how you feel about yourself, and not letting the external world define you.

You can't have real and authentic friendships unless you honor your feelings.

It's your life... why not fill it with as much joy as possible?

I do a lot of to-dos and a lot of lists. I realized I had to make room for joy. So I added "to feel" items on my to-do list. That's something you can easily do.