Vulnerability is not about fear and grief and disappointment; it is the birthplace of everything we're hungry for.

There really is "no effort without error and shortcoming" and there really is no triumph without vulnerability.

It's in our biology to trust what we see with our eyes. This makes living in a carefully edited, overproduced and photoshopped world very dangerous.

Everything that these folks are saying that they're trying to move away from, like comparison, perfectionism, judgement, and exhaustion as a status symbol - that all describes my life. It was more like a medical researcher studying a disease and figuring out he or she has it.

Guilt: I'm sorry. I made a mistake. Shame: I'm sorry. I am a mistake.

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

Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.