If we want to live and love with our whole hearts, and if we want to engage with the world from a place of worthiness, we have to talk about the thin….

Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous..

The one thing that keeps us out of connection is our fear that we're not worthy of connection..

Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. Because this yearning is so primal, we often try to acquire it by fitti….

Fear is the opposite of love, in my opinion..

I wasn't really testing it on myself as much as I was learning from other people about what it meant to live and love with your whole heart, and then….

There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period..

If we own the story then we can write the ending..

Empathy fuels connection; sympathy drives disconnection..

You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame..

Authenticity is also about the courage and the vulnerability to say, "Yeah, I'll try it. I feel pretty uncomfortable and I feel a little vulnerable, ….

Courage is like—it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by coura….

Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change..

I'm never more courageous than when I'm embracing imperfection, embracing vulnerabilities, and setting boundaries with the people in my life..

Every time we choose courage, we make everyone around us a little better and the world a little braver. And our world could stand to be a little kind….

We are a culture of people who've bought into the idea that if we stay busy enough, the truth of our lives won't catch up with us..

Perfectionism is self-destructive simply because there is no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal. Additionally, perfectionism….

The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It's our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows..

Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be imperfect..

Perfectionism is a twenty-ton shield that we lug around thinking it will protect us when, in fact, it's the thing that's really preventing us from ta….

We can talk about courage and love and compassion until we sound like a greeting card store, but unless we're willing to have an honest conversation ….