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

Consciousness creates the body. Our bodies are made up of dynamic energy systems that are affected by our diets, relationships, heredity, and culture and the interplay of all these factors and activities... We cannot hope to reclaim our bodily wisdom and inherent ability to create health without first understanding the influence of our society on how we think about and care for our bodies.

Love is a universal force, like gravity, that holds the solar system together and pours into our hearts as life-force - and gets expressed to us most beautifully by small children and animals.

Our inner guidance comes to us through our feelings and body wisdom first -- not through intellectual understanding.

Celebrate every relationship you've ever had. For better or worse, your relationships are your best teachers.

Our inner guidance comes to us through our feelings and body wisdom first - not through intellectual understanding. The intellect works best in service to our intuition, our inner guidance, soul, God or higher power - whichever term we choose for the spiritual energy that animates life.

True health is only possible when we understand the unity of our minds, emotions, spirits and physical bodies.