A wound does not destroy us. It activates our self-healing powers. The point is not to "put it behind you" but to keep benefiting from the strength i….

We do not create our destiny; we participate in its unfolding. Synchronicity works as a catalyst toward the working out of that destiny..

Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us..

Once we make our relationship choices in an adult way, a prospective partner who is unavailable, nonreciprocal, or not open to processing feelings an….

Humility means accepting reality with no attempt to outsmart it..

Spirituality is the intersection of three paths: letting go of ego, an unconditional yes to the conditions of human existence, and an immeasurable co….

Once we understand that what happens beyond our control may be just what we need, we see that acceptance of reality can be our way of participating i….

Most people think of love as a feeling, but love is not so much a feeling as a way of being present..

At every stage of life, our inner self requires the nurturance of loving people attuned to our feelings and responsive to our needs who can foster ou….

What we are not changing, we are choosing..

The Five A’s (attention, appreciation, acceptance, affection, allowing) are simultaneously the fulfillment of our earliest needs, the requirements of….

A healthy person is not perfect but perfectible, not a done deal but a work in progress. Staying healthy takes discipline, work, and patience, which ….

The more invested I am in my own ideas about reality, the more those experiences will feel like victimizations rather than the ups and downs of relat….

The foundation of adult trust is not “You will never hurt me.” It is “I trust myself with whatever you do..

We do not live on the Earth, we are a part of how the Earth lives..

Bread takes the effort of kneading but also requires sitting quietly while the dough rises with a power all its own..

To be adult in relationship is not to be conflict-free, it's to resolve conflicts mindfully..

True optimism is not the prospect of control over pain or elimination of it but survival through it..

There is a natural and inviolable tendency in things to bloom into whatever they truly are in the core of their being. All we have to do is align our….

Acceptance is approval, a word with a bad name in some psychologies. Yet it is perfectly normal to seek approval in childhood and throughout life. We….

Mindfulness is an ancient meditation mode in which we let go of our fears, our attachments to control and being right, our expectations and entitleme….