'Crazy-busy' is a great armor, it's a great way for numbing. What a lot of us do is that we stay so busy, and so out in front of our life, that the truth of how we're feeling and what we really need can't catch up with us.

We have to be women we want our daughters to be.

It was scary. But it was so liberating. I thought, This is not predetermined - I get to choose. There are some days where I have to choose five times in a day. I had to make a choice when you called and the phone rang, whether I'm going to show up and be me, or whether I'm going to say what I think I'm supposed to say and get off the phone.

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

We cannot give our children what we don’t have.

Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.

If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally. Take it personally because it is personal!