Empathy doesn't require that we have the exact same experiences as the person sharing their story with us...Empathy is connecting with the emotion that someone is experiencing, not the event or the circumstance.

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

Vulnerability is the cornerstone of confidence.

When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated.

We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can't use shame to change ourselves or others.

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

Feeling vulnerable, imperfect, and afraid is human. It's when we lose our capacity to hold space for these struggles that we become dangerous.