Because connection with others and our "best self" is the most primal need we have, shame feels absolutely awful.

Thoughts are an important part of your inner wisdom and they are very powerful. A thought held long enough and repeated often enough becomes a belief. A belief then becomes your biology.

Age is just a number, and agelessness means not buying into the idea that a number determines everything from your state of health to your attractiveness to your value.

My message is "Getting older is inevitable. Aging and deterioration are optional."

Our inner guidance comes to us through our feelings and body wisdom first -- not through intellectual understanding.

Loving everything about yourself - even the 'unacceptable' - is an act of personal power. It is the beginning of healing.

Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.

Your surroundings, home, personal care, pets, clothing & body are all reflections of how you see and express yourself. Do these reflect your true self?

A grudge is like a cesspool; forgiveness like a flowing river.

The world is awakening to a powerful truth: Women and girls aren’t the problem; they’re the solution.

Celebrate every relationship you've ever had. For better or worse, your relationships are your best teachers.

She Had a Wish, To Leave This Old Town, and See the World Out there

Most people are about as happy as their self confidence will allow them to be.

Two guys jumped us on the way to get food, " Cameron answered. "Ty is like... a ninja on crack. He beat them up pretty spectacularly. Then we stole with their car.

Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift.

Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.

Your mind is like, oh my God, I know this is wrong, but your body just gives in.

No one ever found out what was happening inside me. How the pain was eating me away. No one ever came to my rescue, or stood up for me.

Yer the only friend I got, pigpiss... Ain't that the biggest tragedy you ever heard?

Don't fix me; Love me for what's broken.

The magic of fiction seems to be the more specific you are, the more universal you end up becoming.