“Emotions are the road signs to your happiness.”

“Social media allows us to subjugate feelings and problems we don't want to confront, like emotional eating or substance abuse, thus perpetuating our problems and delaying our happiness.”

“The long-term pain suffered by suppressing emotions is far greater than the short-term pain of confronting them.”

“Confident people tend to evaluate their opinions alongside those of others and then follow their intuition.”

“Being your authentic self exudes a quiet confidence.”

“Thoughts repeated over time, no matter how incorrect, become consolidated in our minds as beliefs because weve repeatedly affirmed them over and over again.”

“Break the spine of one of my books and I break yours.”

“In the era of angry and aggressive policing, it is an honorable service to your fellow citizens to video record police officers interactions with the common people.”

“Being a werewolf, an alpha more so, isn't about being aggressive over others but controlling yourself, the wolf's wild virus inside my DNA, and emotions that comes with the beast.”

“For a long time, they sat without speaking. The air outside was filled with the lilting sound of sparrows, the buzz of traffic on Main Street, and under that the faint lapping of waves on the lakes...”

“If you can't win by reason, go for volume.”

“She meant that they'd never used words like "separation" and "divorce" even in their worst screaming matches. They yelled things like, "You're infuriating!" "You don't think!" "You are the most ann...”

“A child's (or an adult's) nervous system may detect danger or a threat to life when the child enters a new environment or meets a strange person. Cognitively, there is no reason for them to be frig...”

“The key to healthy communication is having a willingness to lay aside our defensive tendencies and accept responsibility for our part of the relationship”

“Getting defensive doesn't hide the fact that you know you could have done better. Stop putting your energy into your excuses.”