I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.

If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally. Take it personally because it is personal!

We're raising children who have little tolerance for disappointment

Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.

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

If you put shame in a petri dish, it needs three ingredients to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put the same amount of shame in the petri dish and douse it with empathy, it can't survive.

Unused creativity is not benign.