When we experience stress, the nervous system tries to control things. Part of waking up is discovering what we are beyond that controlling organism.

Just remember that everyone is struggling; everyone is living with fear and uncertainty and it doesn't matter what their politics are.

It's the beginning of opening to love. Even if there's not much feeling of compassion toward oneself, just say, "It's okay, sweetheart," or "I'm sorry and I love you."

There's healthy attachment, like with a mother and child. It's biologically part of our survival.

It is natural that our minds replay old stories, because that is our own mechanism for trying to work out unresolved problems. Yet rerunning those stories will be a fruitless looping until we learn how to move from the story into our body. This is why therapy alone often doesn't bring full healing and awakening.

The muscles used to make a smile actually send a biochemical message to our nervous system that it is safe to relax the flight of freeze response.

Our attitude in the face of life's challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.