When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. This is why we sometimes attack who they are, which is far more hurtful than addressing a behavior or a choice.

When we deny our stories, They define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage.

We are the most in-debt, obese, addicted and medicated adult cohort in U.S. history.

The opposite of play is not work—the opposite of play is depression.

I can't even think of the right word, but it's not "help." It's more like a prerequisite. I think connection is why we're here, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and belonging is in our DNA. And so "tribe" and "belonging" are irreducible needs, like love.

Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.