The most exciting part of finding out who we are is discovering our own uniqueness, who we are outside the box, beyond the categories in a Psychology 101 textbook. In our inimitable singularity, there is an infinite range of possibility that cannot be tied to any one description of what it means to be human or healthy.

True optimism is not the prospect of control over pain or elimination of it but survival through it.

There is a natural and inviolable tendency in things to bloom into whatever they truly are in the core of their being. All we have to do is align ourselves with what wants to happen naturally and put in the effort that is our part in helping it happen.

Spirituality is the intersection of three paths: letting go of ego, an unconditional yes to the conditions of human existence, and an immeasurable compassion.

We can actually reconstruct our past by examining what we think, say, feel, expect, believe, and do in an intimate relationship now.

We were born with four words engraved on our bodies and in our hearts: Love me, hold me.

The human heart holds much more love than it can ever disburse in one lifetime.