Here's what is truly at the heart of wholeheartedness: Worthy now, not if, not when, we're worthy of love and belonging now. Right this minute. As is.

Perfectionism is self destructive simply because there's no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal.

Fear is the opposite of love, in my opinion.

Who we are matters immeasurably more than what we know or who we want to be.

We can talk about courage and love and compassion until we sound like a greeting card store, but unless we're willing to have an honest conversation about what gets in the way of putting these into practice in our daily lives, we will never change. Never, ever.

If you put shame in a petri dish, it needs three ingredients to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put the same amount of shame in the petri dish and douse it with empathy, it can't survive.

The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It's our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows.