The capacity for love that makes dogs such rewarding companions has a flip-side: They find it difficult to cope without us. Since we humans programmed this vulnerability, it's our responsibility to ensure that our dogs do not suffer as a result.

You can't heal what you can't feel!

The most paradoxical aspect of neurotic shame is that it is the core motivator of the superachieved and the underachieved, the star and the scapegoat, the righteous and the wretched, the powerful and the pathetic.

The foundation for our self-image is grounded in the first three years of life. It comes from our major caretaker's mirroring.

Children are natural Zen masters; their world is brand new in each and every moment.

There are plenty of quacks in the field. Fewer than you'd expect, though still plenty (in alternative medicine).

I believe that this neglected, wounded, inner child of the past is the major source of human misery.