It’s no longer a question of can I do it. It’s a question of: Do I want to do it?

Feeling vulnerable, imperfect, and afraid is human. It's when we lose our capacity to hold space for these struggles that we become dangerous.

If we want to be able to move through the difficult disappointments, the hurt feelings, and the heartbreaks that are inevitable in a fully lived life, we can't equate defeat with being unworthy of love, belonging and joy. If we do, we'll never show up and try again.

Cruelty is easy, cheap and rampant.

You cannot shame or belittle people into changing their behaviors.

When we're defined by what people think we lose the courage to be vulnerable.

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