Telling the story, acknowledging what has happened and how you feel, is often a necessary part of forgiveness.

Our senses are often the gateway to our stories.

Living in a story of a limited self—to any degree—is not love.

Identifying the source of our personal narratives helps us to release its negative aspects and re-frame it in ways that promote wholeness.

The idea that traumatic residues—or unresolved stories—can be inherited is groundbreaking.

Mindfulness allows us to shift the angle on our story and to remember that we have the capacity to learn and change in ways that are productive, not self-defeating.

When we don’t tell those we love about what’s really going on or listen carefully to what they have to say, we tend to fill in the blanks with stories.

When we believe a wounding story, our whole world is diminished.

For any marginalized group to change the story that society tells about them takes courage and perseverance.