Don't back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for yourself builds self confidence and self esteem.

What I find powerful is a person withthe confidence to be her own self.

True self-esteem is realizing that you are valuable because you were born. No matter where you came from, what color your skin is, what people say about your family or what mean things people may have done to you, because you were born, you are important and you matter.

In every aspect of our lives, we are always asking ourselves, How am I of value? What is my worth? Yet I believe that worthiness is our birthright.

What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.

All these years I've been feeling like I was growing into myself. Finally, I feel grown.

Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ignoring the owner's manual your creator gave you and destroying your design.

It's up to each of us to get very still and say, 'This is who I am.' No one else defines your life. Only you do.