Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.
Do you light up when your kids are coming in the room or do you become the instant critic?
What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.
We can’t practice compassion with other people if we can’t treat ourselves kindly.
Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.
Shame works like the zoom lens on a camera. When we are feeling shame, the camera is zoomed in tight and all we see is our flawed selves, alone and struggling.(page 68)