Self-compassion is key because when we're able to be gentle with ourselves in the midst of shame, we're more likely to reach out, connect, and experience empathy.

Then I tell my own story. The two things that people really need to transform is language to understand their experience and to know they're not alone. It's the combination of the researcher-storyteller part.

Wholehearted living is not like trying to reach a destination. It's like walking toward a star in the sky. We never really 'arrive,' but we certainly know that we're heading in the right direction.

What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.

What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.

Vulnerability is not about fear and grief and disappointment; it is the birthplace of everything we're hungry for.

In order for connection to happen, we have to allow ourselves to be seen, really seen.