When they teach [doctors] how to suture, they also teach them how to stitch their self-worth to being all-powerful.

We're a nation hungry for more joy: Because we're starving from a lack of gratitude.

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

We teach what we have to learn. It's been an extraordinary journey that I couldn't have done with not only the research participants but the community, the tribe that we've built of people who are also on this journey.

What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.

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

When I look at narcissism through the vulnerability lens, I see the shame-based fear of being ordinary. I see the fear of never feeling extraordinary enough to be noticed, to be lovable, to belong, or to cultivate a sense of purpose.