Brené Brown

And I would do it and everybody would clap and they'd think, oh man, she's so brave.

And take the new person who's a young black woman or the new first LGBTQ person on a team and say, hey, don't tell anybody shit.

Develop trust first.

develop, see how, trust your own instincts about the accountability of this group to hold themselves accountable for their behavior.

Like vulnerability is not more necessary for any of us than anybody else, but certainly more difficult for some people, for sure.

And I think what's hard about that, what's so painful, probably the most painful part of my career is that regardless of why the armor is on,

Without vulnerability, you cannot access the experiences that are the most meaningful in life.

Love.

To love someone is to be vulnerable from the time you wake up to the time you go to bed.

You know that.

You're in a relationship.

To love is to be vulnerable, right?

And have you ever buried someone you loved?

Like I lost my mom two years ago.

Right.

My kids, it's like having your heart live outside of your body.

Like to love is to be vulnerable because it's to risk grief and losing.

Belonging is vulnerable.

The most vulnerable human emotion, joy.

Joy is so vulnerable that when some of us get close to it, we dress rehearse tragedy to prepare for disappointment.