Empathy fuels connection; sympathy drives disconnection.

Shame derives its power from being unspeakable...If we speak shame, it begins to wither. Just the way exposure to light was deadly for the gremlins, language and story bring light to shame and destroy it.

Authenticity is also about the courage and the vulnerability to say, "Yeah, I'll try it. I feel pretty uncomfortable and I feel a little vulnerable, but I'll try it!"

Knowledge is only rumor until it lives in the bones.

You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.

There is no such thing as creative and non-creative people, only people who use their creativity and people who don't.

In a highly critical, scarcity-based world, everyone's afraid to fail. As long as we're afraid to fail, we'll never come up with the big, bold ideas we need to solve these problems.