We want to take action out of the desire to contribute to life rather than out of fear, guilt, shame, or obligation.

Nonviolent Communication is a way of keeping our consciousness tuned in moment by moment to that beauty within ourselves and others, and not saying anything that we think might in any way tarnish people's consciousness of their own beauty.

Keep in mind that other people's actions can never 'make' you feel any certain way. Feelings are your warning indicators.

People have been trained to criticize, insult, and otherwise communicate in ways that create distance among people.

Depression is the reward we get for being 'good'.

Never give advice to your children unless you have it in writing and notarized.

Clinical training in psychoanalysis has a deficit. It teaches how to sit and think about what a person is saying and how to interpret it intellectually, but not how to be fully present to this person.