It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance.

We are hardwired to connect with others, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering.

Shame cannot survive being spoken. It cannot survive empathy.

There is no creativity without vulnerability.

I don't just want someone who says they love me; I want someone who practices that love for me every day.

Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.... Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn't feel vulnerable, the sharing is probably not constructive.

Joy, collected over time, fuels resilience - ensuring we'll have reservoirs of emotional strength when hard things do happen.