When you numb your pain you also numb your joy.

That's really part of being a grounded theory researcher - putting names to concepts and experiences that people have.

We can have courage or we can have comfort, but we cannot have both.

I don't just want someone who says they love me; I want someone who practices that love for me every day.

Spirituality is recognizing and celebrating that we are all inextricably connected to each other by a power greater than all of us, and that our connection to that power and to one another is grounded in love and compassion. Practicing spirituality brings a sense of perspective, meaning and purpose to our lives.

Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it - it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy... When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes.

The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time.