Vulnerability is not about fear and grief and disappointment; it is the birthplace of everything we’re hungry for.
Self-compassion is key because when we’re able to be gentle with ourselves in the midst of shame, we’re more likely to reach out, connect, and experience empathy.
Trust is a product of vulnerability that grows over time and requires work, attention, and full engagement.
If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.
Connection gives purpose and meaning to our lives.
In many ways, September feels like the busiest time of the year: The kids go back to school, work piles up after the summer’s dog days, and Thanksgiving is suddenly upon us.
We cannot ignore our pain and feel compassion for it at the same time.
There’s no evidence that vulnerabilty is weakness.
Share with people who have earned the right to hear your story.
When you numb your pain you also numb your joy.
There is no intimacy without vulnerability. Yet another powerful example of vulnerability as courage.
The question isn’t so much, Are you parenting the right way? as it is: Are you the adult you want your child to grow up to be?
We cannot give our children what we don’t have. Where we are on our journey of living and loving with our whole hearts is a much stronger indicator of parenting success than anything we can learn from how-to books.
Faith minus vulnerability is fundamentalism.
Let go of who you think you should be in order to be who you are. Be imperfect and have compassion for yourself. Connection is the result of authenticity.
Perfect and bulletproof are seductive, but they don’t exist in the human experience.
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.
When we’re defined by what people think we lose the courage to be vulnerable.
But I don’t think it’s as dangerous, scary, or terrifying as getting to the end of our lives and wondering, what if I would have shown up?
Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame’s is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.