Trust is a product of vulnerability that grows over time and requires work, attention, and full engagement.
Even to me the issue of "stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest" sounds like an outdated problem, but the truth is that women still run into those demands whenever we find and use our voices.
We can’t practice compassion with other people if we can’t treat ourselves kindly.
Vulnerability pushed, I pushed back. I lost the fight, but probably won my life back.
There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.
Our capacity for wholeheartednes s can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted.