Men walk this tightrope where any sign of weakness illicits shame, and so they're afraid to make themselves vulnerable for fear of looking weak.

We judge people in areas where we're vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing worse than we're doing.

Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.

I hesitate to use a pathologizing label, but underneath the so-called narcissistic personality is definitely shame and the paralyzing fear of being ordinary.

I've learned that men and women who are living wholehearted lives really allow themselves to soften into joy and happiness. They allow themselves to experience it.

Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.