You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.
When they teach [doctors] how to suture, they also teach them how to stitch their self-worth to being all-powerful.
I became Vulnerability TED, like an action figure - like Ninja Barbie, but I'm Vulnerability TED.
That's what life is about: about daring greatly, about being in the arena.
The opposite of play is not work—the opposite of play is depression.
The two most powerful words when we're in struggle: me too.
We are the most in-debt, obese, addicted and medicated adult cohort in U.S. history.
Vulnerability pushed, I pushed back. I lost the fight, but probably won my life back.
Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.
Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.
When we numb [hard feelings], we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness.
Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.