If you can't say it to me in front of my kids, don't say it.

Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It's tough to do that when we're terrified about what people might see or think.

Nostalgia is also a dangerous form of comparison. Think about how often we compare our lives to a memory that nostalgia has so completely edited that it never really existed.

We have to be women we want our daughters to be.

Love is a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them - we can only love others as much as we love ourselves.

We live in a world where most people still subscribe to the belief that shame is a good tool for keeping people in line. Not only is this wrong, but it’s dangerous. Shame is highly correlated with addiction, violence, aggression, depression, eating disorders, and bullying.

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