Don't persuade, defend or interrupt. Be curious, be conversational, be real. And listen.

I'm very committed to my family and my town. My biggest local commitment are my children, my husband, my home and my grandchildren.

When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead.

I'm not naive. I know how hard it is to get along.

We can be the one to take the first courageous step toward the other and to do something or to try to do something other than rejection or attack. We can do this with our siblings and our mates and our friends and our colleagues. We can do this with the disconnection and the discord all around us.

Recognition of the harm that patriarchy has caused to people and the planet does not mean that men are wrong and women are right; rather it is a call for new organizational forms and for relishing gender differences within a context of equality.

Fear is a sneaky thief, stealing away precious moments of your life.