The only unique contribution that we will ever make in this world will be born of our creativity.

Courage is like—it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.

Joy comes to us in moments--ordina ry moments. We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.

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

I only share when I have no unmet needs that I'm trying to fill. I firmly believe that being vulnerable with a larger audience is only a good idea if the healing is tied to the sharing, not to the expectations I might have for the response I get.

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

We're a nation of exhausted and over-stressed adults raising over-scheduled children.