Quotes About Vulnerability

Vulnerability is the core of all emotions and feelings. To feel is to be vulnerable.

Heroics is often about putting our life on the line. Ordinary courage is about putting our vulnerability on the line.

Love and belonging are essential to the human experience. As I conducted my interviews, I realized that only one thing separated the research participants who felt a deep sense of love and belonging from the people who seem to be struggling for it. That one thing is the belief in their worthiness. It's as simple and complicated as this: If we want to fully experience love and belonging, we must believe that we are worthy of love and belonging.

Society has taught us that vulnerability is synonymous with weakness—but it's just the opposite. Vulnerability is the willingness to show up and be seen by others in the face of uncertain outcomes. There's not a single act of courage that doesn't involve vulnerability.

Sometimes choosing being real over being liked is all about playing it unsafe.

The perception that vulnerability is weakness is the most widely accepted myth about vulnerability and the most dangerous.

The bottom line is that we need each other. And not just the civilized, proper, convenient kind of need. Not one of us gets through this life without expressing desperate, messy, and uncivilized need. The kind we are reminded of when we come face-to-face with someone who is in a deep struggle.

You might say "I love you" every day, but when's the last time you had a serious conversation with someone about the meaning of love?

One reason empathy and compassion are so powerful is the fact that they say to someone, "I can hear this. This is hard, but I can be in this space with you.

I believe that owning our worthiness is the act of acknowledging that we are sacred.

To feel is to be vulnerable. Believing that vulnerability is weakness is believing that feeling is weakness. And, like it or not, we are emotional beings.

you can choose courage or you can choose comfort but you can't have both

Being all light is as dangerous as being all dark, simply because denial of emotion is what feeds the dark.

Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart. When

To believe vulnerability is weakness is to believe that feeling is weakness.

we feel the most alive when we're connecting with others

When we hear others talk about their shame, we often blame them as a way to protect ourselves from feeling uncomfortable. Hearing someone talk about a shaming experience can sometimes be as painful as actually experiencing it for ourselves. Like

the most powerful need for numbing seems to come from combinations of all three—shame, anxiety, and disconnection.

Love and belonging will always be uncertain.

shame is much more likely to be the source of destructive behaviors than it is to be the solution.

Understanding that commitment to care and connection is the minimum threshold, we need real courage to recognize when we can't fully serve the people we lead.

If you've created a work culture where vulnerability isn't okay, you've also created a culture where innovation and creativity aren't okay.

É incrível a quantidade de energia que gastamos tentando evitar esses territórios difíceis da alma, quando eles são os únicos que podem nos libertar.

The clearer and more respected the boundaries, the higher the level of empathy and compassion for others. Fewer clear boundaries, less openness. It's hard to stay kind-hearted when you feel people are taking advantage of you or threatening you.