Question every thought that causes suffering and test it against your own sense of truth.

I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed to Asian philosophy early in my life.

Every instance of heartbreak can teach us powerful lessons about creating the kind of love we really want.

Forcing yourself to think happy lies doesn't heal your dreams. Getting to the truth does.

You get social pressure from your parents, who teach you to pay attention to certain things and not to others. You get it in school.

Pain is like a life coach in your body. It’s what made me a life coach because I started paying a lot of attention to what made me hurt and what didn’t. It turned out my body was trying to steer me away from a life that was absolutely wrong for me and into a life that was absolutely wonderful.

To make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing.