Think about the number of times someone will say to herself, "I want to get out of this circumstance, but I'm too afraid. I'll lie about how happy I am in this marriage, and I'll put up a front." But she's betraying everything that's in her heart. She's making choices that are harming her, and that's why she's hurting. Her intuition is trying to tell her that.

Life was never meant to be safe. It was meant to be lived right to the end.

The common ingredient in every single dysfunction is an issue of power.

Your spirit is the part of you that has to believe in something more. It's the light of you.

Your spirit is the part of you that seeks meaning and purpose. It's the part drawn to hope, that will not give in to despair.

Your biography becomes your biology.

Of course you battle despair. It is often a day-to-day fight, but it's one that can be won.