The process of spotting fear and refusing to obey it is the source of all true empowerment.

To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature.

Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.

The way we can allow ourselves to do what we need to, no matter what others may say or do, is to choose love and defy fear.

The pretty girls get all the good stuff. Oh, God. So not true. I unlearned this after years of coaching beautiful clients. Yes, these lovelies get preferential treatment in most life scenarios, but there's a catch: While everyone's looking at them, virtually no one sees them.

Once we're willing to confront our emotional suffering, we begin making choices based on attraction instead of aversion, love instead of fear. Where we used to think about what was 'safe,' we now become interested in doing what seems right or fun or meaningful or ripe with possibilities.