If we share our shame story with the wrong person, they can easily become one more piece of flying debris in an already dangerous storm.(page 10).

Men walk this tightrope where any sign of weakness illicits shame, and so they're afraid to make themselves vulnerable for fear of looking weak..

There's no evidence that vulnerabilty is weakness..

When you ask people about love, they tell you about heartbreak..

When we lose our tolerance for vulnerability, joy becomes foreboding..

We're raising children who have little tolerance for disappointment.

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage..

Who we are matters immeasurably more than what we know or who we want to be..

Knowledge is important, but only if we're being kind and gentle with ourselves as we work to discover who we are..

What we know matters, but who we are matters more. Being rather than knowing requires showing up and letting ourselves be seen. It requires us to dar….

Loving and accepting ourselves are the ultimate acts of courage..

Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.... Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of….

Ads sell a great deal more than products. They sell values, images, and concepts of success and worth..

I believe in the healing power of laughter. I believe laughter forces us to breathe..

Talk about your failures without apologizing..

When perfectionism is driving us, shame is riding shotgun and fear is that annoying backseat driver!.

If you put shame in a petri dish, it needs three ingredients to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put the same amount of sha….

Lean into the discomfort of the work..

Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough..

Worthiness doesn't have prerequisites..

Connection is why we're here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives. The power that connection holds in our lives was confirmed when the ….