“Enlightenment is not a rocket science, it is the pure awareness of something deep within you that is ageless, formless and undefinable.”

“Irgendwann realisierte ich tatsächlich, dass die Antworten alle in mir schlummerten und nicht draußen in der Welt zu finden waren. Dort konnte ich Menschen treffen, die mir neue Perspektiven aufzeigten, den Schutthaufen der mein Potential verschüttete musste ich allerdings selbst beiseiteschaffen.”

“I am giving birth. I am midwife to myself. Now is a new life full of possibilities. I must be strong like a child.”

“Christmas means the birth of a new beginning, a new mind, and a new life.”

“I take thee at thy word:Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptized;Henceforth I never will be Romeo.”

“Breathing is our primary nonverbal language. Sharp, uneven breaths convey a message of stress even though someone might insist she is perfectly all right.”

“Disasters make us aware that the life force within us needs tending daily. This is why we are here.” – Dr. Anne Redelfs”

“Heading into any one-year anniversary, our emotional climate shifts. We enter a new season of the heart.”

“The second gift––patience––helps us deal with not knowing how long this is going to last.”

“Empathy connects us to another person’s experience without judgment.”

“Our capacity to disregard and discount viscerally painful experiences is so ingrained that we have come to believe that “moving forward” means not allowing ourselves to be moved at all.”

“It’s impossible to predict how the heart heals or how long it is going to take.”

“Like breaking a leg, a serious injury to the psyche often gets us benched while the regular game of life goes on. It may seem strange that forgiving ourselves for having such perfectly human reactions is harder than forgiving whatever caused them.”

“It may not be elegant but it’s true: There is no place for bullshit in a disaster zone.”