All these feelings need to be felt. We need to stomp and storm; to sob and cry; to perspire and tremble.

Chronically dysfunctioning families are also delusional. Delusion is sincere denial.

Shame is the root of all addictions.

You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But what we want to bring to these works is energy, passion, freshness.

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.

We cannot heal what we cannot feel.

The feeling of righteousness is the core mood alteration among religious addicts. Religious addiction is a massive problem in our society. It may be the most pernicious of all addictions because it’s so hard for a person to break his delusion and denial. How can anything be wrong with loving God and giving your life for good works and service to mankind?