Most of us are driven by the eight-year-old within us. That child who didn't get his needs met is begging for acceptance. So it's useful to delve into your memory as far back as possible.

We spend billions of dollars each year trying to change our bodies, our health, and our relationships, yet most of us are still dissatisfied with some area of our lives. we're in a constant state of wanting something we can't seem to reach. This state of wanting, of dreams that never get fulfilled, is the result of pretending we are on our way to s

This is often how it works. You have a quality which has a gift for you. You call on the gift to help get something you want in life. Then because this aspect of yourself is not fully integrated into your psyche and because you've made some negative judgment about it, it takes on a life of its own, acting out in inappropriate ways. Until we embrace

The world mirrors yourself back to you. If you love, nourish, and appreciate yourself internally it will show up in your external life. If you want more love, give more love to yourself. If you want acceptance, accept yourself. I promise that if you love and respect yourself from the deepest place of your being, you will call forth that same level

Most of us long to see the light, and to live in the beauty of our highest self, but we try to do this without integrating all of ourselves.

It's the person who makes a plan of action, the person who writes a mission statement. The person who commits. This is the road to a more enlightened life, to living the truth.

To be divine is to be whole and to be whole is to be everything:

I gently reminded Laurie that when we're affected by someone's behavior it's a projection of our disowned qualities.

For some reason, I had always believed that downplaying the best parts of myself made me a better person.