As a therapist, I am a companion. I try to help people tune into their own wisdom.

We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us.

We get together on the basis of our similarities; we grow on the basis of our differences.

We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.

I want you to get excited about who you are, what you are, what you have, and what can still be for you. I want to inspire you to see that you can go far beyond where you are right now.

Communication is to relationships what breath is to life.

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.

Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.

I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and touched by them.

Your responses to the events of life are more important than the events themselves.

People prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty

How do you start you ask? You start by starting.

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Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.

I've written this to keep from crying. But I am crying, only the tears won't come.

I don't break up, I trade up

Being a singer now I have to get all fussy... I must have my ginger and lemon and all that.

For whatever reason, people aren't taught that sugar is a massive enemy.

For me, being an innovator doesn't mean being more intelligent, more rich, it's not a word, it's an action.

Of all the arts, movies are the most powerful aid to empathy, and good ones make us into better people.

Let's get the government stay out of our private lives, once and for all, and stop arresting smokers. Let's take a stand for personal freedom.