If we don’t allow ourselves to experience joy and love, we will definitely miss out on filling our reservoir with what we need when. . . . hard things happen.

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

I now see how gifts like courage, compassion, and connection only work when they are exercised. Every day.

When we deny our stories, They define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.

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 teach what we have to learn. It's been an extraordinary journey that I couldn't have done with not only the research participants but the community, the tribe that we've built of people who are also on this journey.

It’s no longer a question of can I do it. It’s a question of: Do I want to do it?