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The intention and outcome of vulnerability is trust, intimacy and connection. The outcome of oversharing is distrust, disconnection - and usually a li...more

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At the exact time that our society embraces shaming, blaming, judgment, and rejection, it also holds acceptance and belonging as immensely important. ...more

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If you're thinking, 'Great! I just need to be a superhero to fight perfectionism,' I understand. Courage, compassion, and connection seem like big, lo...more

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We're wired for story. In a culture of scarcity and perfectionism, there's a surprisingly simple reason we want to own, integrate, and share our stori...more

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Maybe looking away is about privilege. I need to think harder and longer about my choices and recognize that choosing whom I see and whom I don't see ...more

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When you look away from a homeless person, you diminish their humanity and your own.

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To be forgiven is to be loved

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The rising strong reckoning has two deceptively simple parts: (1) engaging with our feelings, and (2) getting curious about the story behind the feeli...more

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When you judge yourself for needing help, you judge those you are helping. When you attach value to giving help, you attach value to needing help. The...more

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When unconscious storytelling becomes out default, we often keep tripping over the same issue, staying down when we fall, and having different version...more

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When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. This is why we sometimes attack who they are, which is far mo...more

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

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Spirituality is recognizing and celebrating that we are all inextricably connected to each other by a power greater than all of us, and that our conne...more

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We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that g...more