I became Vulnerability TED, like an action figure - like Ninja Barbie, but I'm Vulnerability TED.

We have become this very fear-based culture, especially post-9/11. Fear is the opposite of love, in my opinion. I think there would be more love in the world. I'm not talking about rainbows and unicorns and '70s Coca-Cola commercials. I'm talking about gritty, dangerous, wild-eyed love. Radical acceptance of people. Belonging. A good, goofy kind of love.

You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.

What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.

I can't be paralyzed anymore by the critics. My new mantra is, if you're not in the arena getting your ass kicked on occasion, then I'm not interested in your feedback. You don't get to sit in the cheat seat and criticize my appearance or my work with mean-spiritedness if you're also not in the arena.

Lean into the discomfort of the work.

Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.