Love often leads to healing, while fear and isolation breed illness. And our biggest fear is abandonment.

I'm a scientist. We don't talk about the spirit. Soul is a four letter word in our tradition.

The way our brain is wired, we only see what we believe is possible. We match patterns that already exist within ourselves through conditioning.

My research has shown me that when emotions are expressed-which is to say that the biochemicals that are the substrate of emotion are flowing freely-all systems are united and made whole. When emotions are repressed, denied, not allowed to be whatever they may be, our network pathways get blocked, stopping the flow of the vital feel-good, unifying chemicals that run both our biology and our behavior.

One extremely important purpose of emotions from an evolutionary perspective is to help us decide what to remember and what to forget. The cavewoman who could remember which cave had the gentle guy who gave her food is more likely to be our foremother than the cave woman who confused it with the cave that held the killer bear. The emotion of love (or something resembling it) and the emotion of fear would help secure her memories.

Part of being a helathy person is being well integrated and at peace.

I always say it was great for God to send his only son, but I'm waiting for him to send his only daughter. Then things will really be great.