“Worry, shame, and fear can’t be the energy with which we deal with food and weight. It only spurs us to eat more food and produce more glucose/sugar which gets stored as fat.”

You never want to tie your responsibility to another’s irresponsibility.

People have the absolute right to be just as unhappy and miserable as they want to be.

In our lives, we can either be a reflection of the world around us . . . or a beam that enlightens the lives of others.

Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.

Nothing is meaningless it’s how we assign meaning to the past that determines how we experience the present, and future.

One key to success is knowing the difference between knowledge and wisdom. One is information from the past while the other is the key to the future.

Leaders should interact with everyone in their organization as if the interaction is being recorded and will be used as a training film on how to treat colleagues, coworkers, and customers.

Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism.

Selfish is caring for ourselves at others’ expense … Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.

Fear of feeling bad rarely makes one feel good.

Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.

You can’t fight fire with fire, or fear with fear.

Want to change your experience of life? Change the problem to the practice field.

The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips.

Peace of Mind? Don’t leave home (or go home) without it.

There are only three things we ‘have to’ do in this world we have to be born, we have to die, and we have to live until we die. Everything else is a choice!

It’s no use just winning, we’ve got to win well.