The female body was designed as a source of pleasure, fertility, movement, strength and wellbeing.

Because connection with others and our "best self" is the most primal need we have, shame feels absolutely awful.

Learning to love yourself should not become a life-long challenge that most of us never meet.

Shame cannot exist in conditions of light, sunshine, and humor. So the very moment that you share your most shameful moments - and can learn to laugh about them - then the spell is lifted. And you, too, are free.

The more you move toward what makes you feel good, and move away from those things which bring you distress and pain, the healthier you will be.

The exceptional patient is the person who, despite their diagnosis, takes charge of their health and decides to be responsible to their illness or their condition and not necessarily feel responsible for it. One stance is drenched in blame and the other is full of power.

Those who think of themselves as healthy are indeed healthy - no matter what is really going on with their bodies.