When we fear punishment, we focus on consequences, not on our own values.

When we are in contact with our feelings and needs, we humans no longer make good slaves and underlings.

Expressing our vulnerability can help resolve conflicts.

The first step in healing is to put the focus on what's alive now, not what happened in the past.

A difficult message to hear is an opportunity to enrich someone's life.

In empathy, you don't speak at all. You speak with the eyes. You speak with your body. If you say any words at all, it's because you are not sure you are with the person. So you may say some words. But the words are not empathy. Empathy is when the other person feels the connection with what's alive in you.

Before we tackle the gangs and the basic story, we have to make sure that we have liberated ourselves from how we have been educated and make sure we are coming from a spirituality of our own choosing.