To be adult in relationship is not to be conflict-free, it's to resolve conflicts mindfully.

We do not live on the Earth, we are a part of how the Earth lives.

A healthy person is not perfect but perfectible, not a done deal but a work in progress. Staying healthy takes discipline, work, and patience, which is why our life is a journey and perforce a heroic one.

We all recall the cruel stepmother in fairy tales. That archetype is often a necessary element in a fairy tale so that the heroine/hero can become a person of character and power. Stories of heroes and heroines often begin with a wound or loss or injustice and end with heroic acts of restoration.

When we notice a connection between our present fears and their origins in early life, we are finding out how much of our identity is designed by fear. Is fear the architect of me?

Evoke one good memory for each bad one from now on.

To be adult in relationship is not to be conflict-free, it's to resolve conflicts mindfully.