What we know matters, but who we are matters more. Being rather than knowing requires showing up and letting ourselves be seen. It requires us to dare greatly, to be vulnerable.

Through my research, I found that vulnerability is the glue that holds relationships together. It's the magic sauce.

You can’t dress rehearse the bad moments.

Courage - To tell the story of who you are with your whole heart.

Empathy is the antidote to shame.

When the people we love stop paying attention, trust begins to slip away and hurt starts seeping in.

I think that shame is a universal, paralyzing, painful emotion.