I believe joy is a spiritual practice we have to work at.

We're all so busy chasing the extraordinary that we forget to stop and be grateful for the ordinary.

Vulnerability is not about winning, and it's not about losing. It's about having the courage to show up and be seen.

Hope is really a thought.

Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.

On the flip side, I've also had to struggle with saying "yes." Before I did this research and before I had my own breakdown and spiritual awakening around this work, my motto was, "Don't do anything that you're already not great at doing." Which I think is the way the majority of adults in our culture live. Authenticity is also about the courage and the vulnerability to say, "Yeah, I'll try it. I feel pretty uncomfortable and I feel a little vulnerable, but I'll try it!"

The most powerful teaching moments are the ones where you screw up.