We can’t practice compassion with other people if we can’t treat ourselves kindly.

When we're defined by what people think we lose the courage to be vulnerable.

If we can’t stand up to the never good enough and who do you think you are? we can’t move forward.

I now see how gifts like courage, compassion, and connection only work when they are exercised. Every day.

Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it's about earning approval and acceptance.

Maybe stories are just data with a soul.

I'm still a researcher. The best way to explain it is that I trusted myself deeply as a professional, but I did not have a lot of self-trust personally. When I started learning all of these things about the value and the importance of belonging, vulnerability, connection, self-kindness and self-compassion, I trusted what I was learning - again, I know I'm a good researcher. When those things and wholeheartedness started to emerge with all these different properties, I knew I had to listen. I'd heard these messages before personally but I didn't trust myself there.