Joy, collected over time, fuels resilience - ensuring we'll have reservoirs of emotional strength when hard things do happen.

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.

You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.

When you ask people about love, they tell you about heartbreak.

We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can't use shame to change ourselves or others.

I'm an academic. I'm hardwired for a good debate.

When the people we love stop paying attention, trust begins to slip away and hurt starts seeping in.