Recovery begins with embracing our pain and taking the risk to share it with others. We do this by joining a group and talking about our pain..

Our sadness is an energy we discharge in order to heal. …Sadness is painful. We try to avoid it. Actually discharging sadness releases the energy inv….

It is a mark of soulfulness to be present in the here and now. When we are present, we are not fabricating inner movies. We are seeing what is before….

Arrogance is a way for a person to cover up shame. After years of arrogance, the arrogant person is so out of touch, she truly doesn't know who she i….

We cannot heal what we cannot feel..

The more we know about how we lost our spontaneous wonder and creativity, the more we can find ways to get them back..

I have never met an aggressive person who wasn’t a fearful person..

Since the earliest period of our life was preverbal, everything depended on emotional interaction. Without someone to reflect our emotions, we had no….

We move from the illusion of certainty, to the certainty of illusion.

All these feelings need to be felt. We need to stomp and storm; to sob and cry; to perspire and tremble..

Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is immense and dangerous. A child initially t….

True love heals and affects spiritual growth. If we do not grow because of someone else’s love, it’s generally because it is a counterfeit form of lo….

Virtue is an inner strength. It expands your nature..

It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be correcte….

The capacity for love that makes dogs such rewarding companions has a flip-side: They find it difficult to cope without us. Since we humans programme….

Guilt says I've done something wrong; ... shame says there is something wrong with me. Guilt says I've made a mistake; ... shame says I am a mistake.….

Hell, in my opinion, is never finding your true self and never living your own life or knowing who you are..

Shame is the root of all addictions..

It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers -- they help us to learn..

The drivenness in any addiction is about the ruptured self, the belief that one is flawed as a person. The content of the addiction, whether it is al….

Chronically dysfunctioning families are also delusional. Delusion is sincere denial..