When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to wholeheartedly say yes to our life as it is.

Along with judging myself harshly, I'd also always seen the truth of goodness in me.

People have to find their rhythm. Some people have need for more contact and time together and some people need more space.

I think of desire as the essence that brings forth the whole universe.

I speak a lot about what I call "the trance of unworthiness" which is really epidemic in our culture, this sense of "I'm not enough," or "something's wrong with me." Most of us have some level of it because our culture has all these standards (handed down through our families) of what it means to be okay.

When you are in touch with your body and heart, it allows you to then be in the world and act with intention and clarity and kindness.

We're so used to presenting ourselves and getting approval according to our achievements that it's difficult to be authentic and trust that we'll be accepted just as we are.