When we numb [hard feelings], we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness.

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 fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated.

I became Vulnerability TED, like an action figure - like Ninja Barbie, but I'm Vulnerability TED.

Empathy is the antidote to shame.

Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.

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 couraging.