Imagine what you'd do if it absolutely didn't matter what people thought of you. Got it? Good. Never go back.

Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact.

To be really productive, it's as important to rest when we're tired as it is to work when we're inspired.

Judgments that constrain your giving are the very demons that are keeping you from receiving.

Silence comes in two varieties: One that nourishes and comforts; another that chokes, smothers, and isolates. Solitary confinement is the worst kind of imprisonment we can inflict on fellow humans, and if you are forced to keep silent about some dark secret, you live in solitary confinement. Without the bridge of communication connecting you to other human beings, you can’t share your burdens, can’t receive comfort, can’t confirm that you still belong. Silence is the abyss that separates you from hope.

Remember that it’s okay to ask for help when you’re stumped, because sometimes you really can’t be expected to handle everything alone.

When you are in a creative or appreciative zone, you literally have no access to your inner lizard, to that fear-based, non creative, shrieking little beasty who's so afraid you're going to be a bag lady.