That's really part of being a grounded theory researcher - putting names to concepts and experiences that people have.

Healthy striving is self-focused: "How can I improve?" Perfectionism is other-focused: "What will they think?"

Ads sell a great deal more than products. They sell values, images, and concepts of success and worth.

Hope is a function of struggle.

In many ways, September feels like the busiest time of the year: The kids go back to school, work piles up after the summer's dog days, and Thanksgiving is suddenly upon us.

If we want to live and love with our whole hearts, and if we want to engage with the world from a place of worthiness, we have to talk about the things that get in the way- especially shame, fear and vulnerability

That's what life is about: about daring greatly, about being in the arena.