Our capacity for wholeheartednes s can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted.

There’s nothing more daring than showing up, putting ourselves out there and letting ourselves be seen.

We have become this very fear-based culture, especially post-9/11. Fear is the opposite of love, in my opinion. I think there would be more love in the world. I'm not talking about rainbows and unicorns and '70s Coca-Cola commercials. I'm talking about gritty, dangerous, wild-eyed love. Radical acceptance of people. Belonging. A good, goofy kind of love.

We're raising children who have little tolerance for disappointment

For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It's enough. I'm enough. My kids are enough.

There was only one variable that separated the people who have a strong sense of love and belonging and the people who really struggle for it. And that was, the people who have a strong sense of love and belonging believe they're worthy of love and belonging. That's it. They believe they're worthy.

Let go of who you think you should be in order to be who you are. Be imperfect and have compassion for yourself. Connection is the result of authenticity.