Quotes About Authenticity

We put so much of our time and energy into making sure that we meet everyone's expectations and into caring about what other people think of us, that we are often left feeling angry, resentful and fearful.

The way to fight shame and to honor who we are is by sharing our experience with someone who has earned the right to hear it.

Nothing silences us more effectively than shame.

In a world where perfectionism, pleasing, and proving are used as armor to protect our egos and our feelings, it takes a lot of courage to show up and be all in when we can't control the outcome. It also takes discipline and self-awareness to understand what to share and with whom. Vulnerability is not oversharing, it's sharing with people who have earned the right to hear our stories and our experiences. Vulnerability is not weakness; it's our greatest measure of courage.

Courage, the original definition of courage, when it first came into the English language — it's from the Latin word cor, meaning heart — and the original definition was to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart.

to be the person who we long to be—we must again be vulnerable. We must take off the armor, put down the weapons, show up, and let ourselves be seen.

The most dangerous stories we make up are the narratives that diminish our inherent worthiness.

Rising strong after a fall is how we cultivate wholeheartedness in our lives; it's the process that teaches us the most about who we are.

Vulnerability is the last thing I want you to see in me, but the first thing I look for in you.

Lying is a defiance of the truth. Bullshitting is a wholesale dismissal of the truth.

Perfectionism is not a way to avoid shame. Perfectionism is a form of shame.

To practice courage, compassion, and connection is to look at life and the people around us, and say, "I'm all in.

You either walk into your story and own your truth, or you live outside of your story, hustling for your worthiness.

The origin of the word "courage" comes from the word "cour", which mean heart, and it means to completely share your story with your whole heart.

Nothing serves as a better reminder of that than the immortal words of my friend Scott Stratten, author of UnMarketing: "Don't try to win over the haters; you're not the jackass whisperer.

We can't selectively numb emotion. Numb the dark and you numb the light.

Belonging is being somewhere where you want to be, and they want you. Fitting in is being somewhere where you want to be, but they don't care one way or the other. • Belonging is being accepted for you. Fitting in is being accepted for being like everyone else. • If I get to be me, I belong. If I have to be like you, I fit in.

It's crazy how much energy we spend trying to avoid these hard topics when they're really the only ones that can set us free.

True belonging has no bunkers. We have to step out from behind the barricades of self-preservation and brave the wild.

Vulnerability is based on mutuality and requires boundaries and trust. It's not oversharing, it's not purging, it's not indiscriminate disclosure, and it's not celebrity-style social media information dumps. Vulnerability is about sharing our feelings and our experiences with people who have earned the right to hear them. Being vulnerable and open is mutual and an integral part of the trust-building process. We can't

Until both men and women are allowed to be who we are rather than who we are supposed to be, it will be impossible to achieve freedom and equality.

When we go against the grain and put ourselves and our work out in the world, some people will feel threatened and they will go after what hurts the most—our appearance, our lovability, and even our parenting.

We want to be part of something, but we need it to be real - not conditional or fake or constantly up for negotiation.

Spiritual connection and engagement is not built on compliance, it's the product of love, belonging, and vulnerability.