When we learn to focus on love, grace, and gratitude, life is really quite lovely.

I was a very focused and determined woman and I always got what I wanted. But once I had it, there was another future moment when I had to attain something else. These internal yearnings keep happiness in a future moment.

Often we don't change because we're afraid of what might happen. We cling to what we recognize, even if we are steeped in suffering.

Initially when our foundations are rocked, when we lose our external security, we feel very fragile. In that moment, we have a choice. Am I the Phoenix and rise from the ashes or do I just keep wallowing in the ashes?

What I teach is how to go inside and reach that place I call "love consciousness." This is a place of peace and joy that is within all humans.

I lost everything. When I was 28 years old, I lost my home, my job, my partner. I had many people die in my life. I felt like a total victim.

By focusing on love and cultivating an internal security, we can start to take the steps in our lives to create profound change.