A difficult meditation where you feel uncomfortable is not a failure; it is the crucial moment where you are actively overcoming yourself.

Up to 50% of your story about past trauma may not be true, as we tend to embellish it, causing us to relive a miserable life we never even had.

Whether it's anger or gratitude, the emotional state you consistently practice is the one you will become good at feeling.

When you hold a grudge, you are giving your vital life force to that person or circumstance, reaffirming an addiction to that negative emotion.

Turning on the stress response by thought alone causes stress hormones to down-regulate genes and create disease, meaning your thoughts can literally make you sick.

You can have the perfect diet and exercise routine, but if you are not emotionally balanced, your body will revert to a state of disease.

An elevation in the hormone oxytocin, which can be generated from within, makes it biologically impossible to hold a grudge.

To heal from trauma, the key is to overcome the emotion tied to the past, because the memory without the emotional charge is wisdom.