Rather than sitting on the sidelines & hurling judgment & advice, we must dare to show up & let ourselves be seen. This is vulnerability. This is daring greatly.

I am a storyteller and a researcher, and I'm sorry the world has a hard time straddling the tension of those two things, but that's who I am.

When failure is not an option, we can forget about creativity, learning, and innovation.

Trust is a product of vulnerability that grows over time and requires work, attention, and full engagement.

Shame cannot survive being spoken. It cannot survive empathy.

If we want to be able to move through the difficult disappointments, the hurt feelings, and the heartbreaks that are inevitable in a fully lived life, we can't equate defeat with being unworthy of love, belonging and joy. If we do, we'll never show up and try again.

Loving and accepting ourselves are the ultimate acts of courage.