You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you can't have both.

I think a lot of us are looking for the same thing.

Do you light up when your kids are coming in the room or do you become the instant critic?

Spirituality emerged as a fundamental guidepost in Wholeheartedness. Not religiosity but the deeply held belief that we are inextricably connected to one another by a force greater than ourselves--a force grounded in love and compassion. For some of us that's God, for others it's nature, art, or even human soulfulness. I believe that owning our worthiness is the act of acknowledging that we are sacred. Perhaps embracing vulnerability and overcoming numbing is ultimately about the care and feeding of our spirits.

There's no evidence that vulnerabilty is weakness.

I'm an academic. I'm hardwired for a good debate.

I'm never more courageous than when I'm embracing imperfection, embracing vulnerabilities, and setting boundaries with the people in my life.