It's about showing up. And sometimes I don't do it. I almost always regret it, but sometimes I don't do it. Sometimes I walk into a situation where I'm intimidated and I want to be liked and I want to fit in, and I don't choose authenticity. And it's always pretty miserable.

We are a culture of people who've bought into the idea that if we stay busy enough, the truth of our lives won't catch up with us.

You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.

When they teach [doctors] how to suture, they also teach them how to stitch their self-worth to being all-powerful.

I think a lot of us are multiple things that don't always fit together neatly in a bio box.

Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?

Vulnerability is based on mutuality and requires boundaries and trust. It's not oversharing, it's not purging, it's not indiscriminate disclosure, and it's not celebrity-style social media information dumps. Vulnerability is about sharing our feelings and our experiences with people who have earned the right to hear them.