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.

Maybe stories are just data with a soul.

What makes something better is connection.

Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it's a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands.

The laughter that happens when people are truth-telling and showing up and being real - I call that "knowing laughter." That's what happens between people when we recognize the absurdity of the belief that we're alone in anything.

Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.

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.