The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time.

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.

If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.

Numb the dark and you numb the light.

Even to me the issue of "stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest" sounds like an outdated problem, but the truth is that women still run into those demands whenever we find and use our voices.

What we know matters but who we are matters more.

Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.

I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.

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Only when you cultivate your talents and gifts you prosper

Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method

American democracy has been hacked.

I'm very competitive, I think.

Racism is a common thread among people of color, even though each experience with it is different.

It's not appeasement to talk to your enemies.

Playing Amanda [in Defiance] was a wonderful opportunity for me. She was strong, dynamic, a complete badass, not defined her relationship with a man. She could hold her own. I really loved her.

The whip degrades; a severe father teaches his children to dissemble; their love is pretense, and their obedience a species of self-defense. Fear is the father of lies.

Have you seen U2's live show? It's boring as hell. It's like watching CNN.