There's no evidence that vulnerabilty is weakness.

We judge people in areas where we’re vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing worse than we’re doing. If I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people’s choices. If I feel good about my body, I don’t go around making fun of other people’s weight or appearance. We’re hard on each other because we’re using each other as a launching pad out of our own perceived deficiency.

I believe in the healing power of laughter. I believe laughter forces us to breathe.

Numb the dark and you numb the light.

Connection, the ability to feel connected, is neurobiologically wired, that’s why we’re here!

Raising children who are hopeful and who have the courage to be vulnerable means stepping back and letting them experience disappointment, deal with conflict, learn how to assert themselves, and have the opportunity to fail. If we’re always following our children into the arena, hushing the critics, and assuring their victory, they’ll never learn that they have the ability to dare greatly on their own.

We're a nation of exhausted and over-stressed adults raising over-scheduled children.