Quotes About Vulnerability

The key to clinical attunement is to be willing to say "I don't know" and "tell me more." Your intention to help, a neural stance of positive regard likely involving the social engagement system and having a desire to connect and to assist, is woven together with an interest in supporting another with kindness and

Sadly, many of us learn to be wary of others, and even of our own inner life, and the resulting prison of our own mental adaptations to survive creates a belief that we are helpless to make a change.

Solo te necesitan a ti: auténtico, defectuoso y plenamente presente. Si eres uno de esos padres, nuestro mensaje es que no seas tan duro contigo mismo.

being receptive makes us available to shift into an open internal place and enable unpredictable states to be created so that we may resonate with others. This is a way of seeing how we can intentionally cultivate creativity and presence in our lives.

I have a theory because I was being beaten up a lot by people outside of school, it was almost like if I could make myself sick enough they'd take sympathy on me.

I've always tried to be as open as possible, and I just hope that viewers can appreciate that.

The thing that struck me most after first viewing 'The Sessions' was the charm of Mark O'Brien and the intimacy that the director, Ben Lewin, manages to capture perfectly on screen. I did not feel forced or cajoled in any way into believing the story.

I'm not sure I'm confident in the viewing public seeing every side of me and I'm not sure I'm confident enough that I'd allow myself to be that exposed.

I wanted to write something from a child's viewpoint... Five of the characters I have played in movies have either been abused or became abusers, themselves, and I just kind of felt like there was a need.

If you can relate to what the character's going through, the story can be as ridiculous as possible, and people will relate to it. You can be fearless in your storytelling if you're vigilant about protecting your characters.

I actually stormed out of the villa and said, I want to go home, I can't do it any more, I can't find a man.' I'm so proud that I got the strength to stay and carry on.

There's a Nina Simone record that I love, 'Live at Vine Street,' and she sings flat on it. I can imagine she might've told the record label, 'Oh, God, you're not releasing that!' But I'm glad they did.

I think that women really entwine with the people that they become close to in a way that men don't - and so, when they are forced to disentwine, you can't remove the vines without doing some damage.

I think for writers, I think it's really important to court eviction from your tribe: to expose things and to wake people up. And so I think that that can feel like a violation to the people you love the most.

It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone.

It's so weird that I play this woman who pretty much deals with violence on a daily basis, and I'm such a wimp in who I am.

That's one of the things I resent the most violently. To have to take your own life and give it away to the public, in pieces.

I know a girl who cries when she practices violin because each note sounds so pure it just cuts into her, and then the melody comes pouring out her eyes. Now, to me, everything else just sounds like a lie.

There are so many things that can go wrong while performing. I've had violin strings break; I've had pants that were slowly falling down, and I'd have to pull them up in between every song; my hairpiece was falling out, so a big chunk of hair was just flapping around as I danced, and I've completely fallen on my butt.

Since the pandemic began, COVID-19 has posed significant and often disproportionate risks to Central Virginia seniors and their families.

Security is like virginity: you're either a virgin or you're not. You either have security or you don't.

It's love. It's two men - two strong, very virile men - finding that space in life where they can let go enough of their masculinity to feel the passion of love and respect and trust. Friendships are based on those things, and you seal it with a kiss.

Now with social media, people essentially come into my living room, my virtual living room, and tell me everything that is wrong with me.

People conclude that if the famous can be dragged through the virtual public square and unceremoniously dumped, the fate of any random tweeter or the average man or woman on the street can seem even more precarious.