Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you've got all the answers, then don't call what you do 'faith.'

I now see how gifts like courage, compassion, and connection only work when they are exercised. Every day.

Until we can receive with an open heart, we're never really giving with an open heart. When we attach judgment to receiving help, we knowingly or unknowingly attach judgment to giving help.

We're a nation hungry for more joy: Because we're starving from a lack of gratitude.

It’s no longer a question of can I do it. It’s a question of: Do I want to do it?

I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.

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.