We need to hear the sound of our voice for what we think and need.

the body, seeking truth, sends a signal. But decoding it, interpreting its meaning, and knowing how to proceed from there is another matter entirely.

Often when someone apologizes - like a parent who says to a child, "I'm very sorry I neglected you when you were a kid" - they also ask, "Do you forgive me?," because they want the other person to be over it. However, healing can take a great deal of time. And if we forgive too quickly, we cut the process short.

Being in touch with our bodies, or more accurately, being our bodies, is how we know what is true. Harriet

Telling a true story about personal experience is not just a matter of being oneself, or even or finding oneself. It is also a matter of choosing oneself.

Self-help books for women are part of a multibillion-dollar industry, sensitively attuned to our insecurities and our purses.

Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable from social and political change.