So many of us invest a fortune making ourselves look good to the world, yet inside we are falling apart. It's time to invest on the inside.

The life you want is on the other side of the labor pains it takes to birth it.

It is important to acknowledge all your feelings and not beat yourself up for having them. Your feelings are not good or bad, they just are.

Speak and live in simple sentences. Bring closure -- put a period to -- those experiences that you don't want to carry on forever and ever. Use commas in those places where you're still growing... and use exclamation points at the end of every lesson.

Forgiveness leads to a shift in perception. It transforms the hurt into healing.

I have a body, but I am not my body. I have a face, but I am not my face.

What do you do when it seems as if people want to stay in their pain. They have a story to tell and they tell you every chance they get. Well, believe it or not, they may like where they are. Our job is to leave them there. You can point the way out of pain, but you cannot force them to get out. You can support the move beyond their limitations, but you cannot make the move for them.