One of the most painfully inauthentic ways we show up in our lives sometimes is saying "yes" when we mean "no," and saying "no" when we mean "hell yes."

Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are.

Don't try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.

Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

Daring greatly means the courage to be vulnerable. It means to show up and be seen. To ask for what you need. To talk about how you're feeling. To have the hard conversations.

What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.

Believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic.

Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it - it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy... When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes.

When we deny our stories, They define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.

Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.

My mother was tickled and I think kind of proud when my father got hit on my an attractive middle-aged Asian lady who hadn't noticed he was with his family. He was certainly pleased about it.

Its our choice as to what type of day we will have good or bad.

I walked to the bookcase and examined the storybooks inside. As a girl, I had dreamed of having stacks of books at my disposal--stories to get lost in, other worlds to live in when mine was so bleak.

Segmentation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.

Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.

My father just got out of the Betty Ford Clinic. He's in his 60s, and this was the first time he ever did anything like that.

When you do a reality show and host shows, it's hard to have secrets.

Outside our comfort zone, though, is where we experience the true awesomeness of God.

The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad.

Courage is the basic virtue for everyone so long as he continues to grow, to move ahead.