I want you to notice is that-right here, right now-you’re okay. You may be in pain, you may be in fear, you may be in grief. But you’re here, you’re surviving; this moment is okay.

No one can give you anything-love, shame, self-esteem- until you give it to yourself. Today, give yourself good things.

Most unhappy people need to learn just one lesson: how to see themselves through the lens of genuine compassion, and treat themselves accordingly.

My anguish came from my hypothesis that other people's hypothetical hypotheses about me mattered. Ridiculous!

I once read that forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past...but forgiving is not the same as obliterating memory.

Anyone who comes into your life, under any circumstances, has something to teach you.

There are things that can only happen through you when you are still. Silence is often the most important work you can do.