Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.

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

Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.

The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time.

If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.

Numb the dark and you numb the light.

Even to me the issue of "stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest" sounds like an outdated problem, but the truth is that women still run into those demands whenever we find and use our voices.

What we know matters but who we are matters more.

I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.

When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit. When knowledge is lit, economy flourishes.

I would rather aim high and miss the mark than low and make it.

Life is a journey, photography is thy shepherd.

All our parents have levels of deviousness. We're driven to write about this discrepancy between the bright shining selves they invented and the monsters lurking underneath.

He ran over a few people, nothing major. Mess runs over people. Sometimes, people don't get up. That's life.

It's exciting to take control of your future instead of waiting for the phone to ring.

The country was not focused on terrorism before September 11th.

This is a court of law, not a court of justice.

I don't think of myself as anyone special, and I would not know how to define myself.

Working because you want to, not because you have to is financial freedom.