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

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

Shame cannot survive being spoken. It cannot survive empathy.

Let go of who you think you should be in order to be who you are. Be imperfect and have compassion for yourself. Connection is the result of authenticity.

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage.

We can’t practice compassion with other people if we can’t treat ourselves kindly.

I believe that owning our worthiness is the act of acknowledging that we are sacred. Perhaps embracing vulnerability and overcoming numbing is ultimately about the care and feeding of our spirits