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

Share with people who have earned the right to hear your story.

Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have -- it's something we choose to practice.

Hope is a function of struggle.

Perfectionism is a twenty-ton shield that we lug around thinking it will protect us when, in fact, it's the thing that's really preventing us from taking flight.

Vulnerability is not about fear and grief and disappointment; it is the birthplace of everything we're hungry for.

Loving and accepting ourselves are the ultimate acts of courage.