It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance.

Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.

When they teach [doctors] how to suture, they also teach them how to stitch their self-worth to being all-powerful.

Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.

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

Empathy fuels connection; sympathy drives disconnection.

There is no joy without gratitude.