David Sutcliffe

Really the work, because feeling feelings that scare us, we're forced to be vulnerable. What does vulnerable mean? To me, it just means openness and truth, right? And so there's a strength that it requires in order to be vulnerable. And that was a reframe that I had to make for myself because I had all of those typical masculine images about what strength meant.

And then I realized the strongest thing that I can do is to tell the truth and to reveal myself, like to be honest about what's actually going on inside me without shame. And again, that creates all kinds of images. I can hear the men in your audience say, well, what are you supposed to feel all your feelings? Well, it's not exactly that, but to be with them, to learn to be with

And then I realized the strongest thing that I can do is to tell the truth and to reveal myself, like to be honest about what's actually going on inside me without shame. And again, that creates all kinds of images. I can hear the men in your audience say, well, what are you supposed to feel all your feelings? Well, it's not exactly that, but to be with them, to learn to be with

And then I realized the strongest thing that I can do is to tell the truth and to reveal myself, like to be honest about what's actually going on inside me without shame. And again, that creates all kinds of images. I can hear the men in your audience say, well, what are you supposed to feel all your feelings? Well, it's not exactly that, but to be with them, to learn to be with

to learn to build a container for them, to not be ashamed of anything, really, your light and your dark. And I think there's so many ways that we avoid vulnerability. We avoid showing our shadow. We avoid showing our pain. We avoid acknowledging our fear. And probably the deepest one for most people is we avoid feeling how much we love.

to learn to build a container for them, to not be ashamed of anything, really, your light and your dark. And I think there's so many ways that we avoid vulnerability. We avoid showing our shadow. We avoid showing our pain. We avoid acknowledging our fear. And probably the deepest one for most people is we avoid feeling how much we love.

to learn to build a container for them, to not be ashamed of anything, really, your light and your dark. And I think there's so many ways that we avoid vulnerability. We avoid showing our shadow. We avoid showing our pain. We avoid acknowledging our fear. And probably the deepest one for most people is we avoid feeling how much we love.

Because there's nothing more vulnerable than letting your love, your passion, your light shine through. Most people's major problem is they protect it. Because once you're all the way here with all of who you are, you're not in control anymore. Like you're completely exposed. That's the only way to be fully present in the world is to be completely exposed.

Because there's nothing more vulnerable than letting your love, your passion, your light shine through. Most people's major problem is they protect it. Because once you're all the way here with all of who you are, you're not in control anymore. Like you're completely exposed. That's the only way to be fully present in the world is to be completely exposed.

Because there's nothing more vulnerable than letting your love, your passion, your light shine through. Most people's major problem is they protect it. Because once you're all the way here with all of who you are, you're not in control anymore. Like you're completely exposed. That's the only way to be fully present in the world is to be completely exposed.

And most people are unwilling to tolerate that level of vulnerability, myself included. That's all I'm working on, you know, like because...

And most people are unwilling to tolerate that level of vulnerability, myself included. That's all I'm working on, you know, like because...

And most people are unwilling to tolerate that level of vulnerability, myself included. That's all I'm working on, you know, like because...

that restriction i can see fractal out into all of the things in my life right it fractals out into my career fractals out into you know the work and how i'm approaching it it fractals out into my relationship so it really for me becomes about one thing it's like can i can i risk exposing um revealing maybe as a better word um all of of who i am the good the bad the ugly

that restriction i can see fractal out into all of the things in my life right it fractals out into my career fractals out into you know the work and how i'm approaching it it fractals out into my relationship so it really for me becomes about one thing it's like can i can i risk exposing um revealing maybe as a better word um all of of who i am the good the bad the ugly

that restriction i can see fractal out into all of the things in my life right it fractals out into my career fractals out into you know the work and how i'm approaching it it fractals out into my relationship so it really for me becomes about one thing it's like can i can i risk exposing um revealing maybe as a better word um all of of who i am the good the bad the ugly

That's usually enough. I understand why your heart is broken. Not get over it, motherfucker. There's another girl out there for you. That's how I approach all of my sessions with people. They have a story about what happened to them. I'm not necessarily validating their interpretation of events, but I'm validating their feeling, their experience of that event. And because that's real for them.

That's usually enough. I understand why your heart is broken. Not get over it, motherfucker. There's another girl out there for you. That's how I approach all of my sessions with people. They have a story about what happened to them. I'm not necessarily validating their interpretation of events, but I'm validating their feeling, their experience of that event. And because that's real for them.

That's usually enough. I understand why your heart is broken. Not get over it, motherfucker. There's another girl out there for you. That's how I approach all of my sessions with people. They have a story about what happened to them. I'm not necessarily validating their interpretation of events, but I'm validating their feeling, their experience of that event. And because that's real for them.

I mean, you can't argue with somebody's feelings. And so once they're, once they feel seen and acknowledged in their feelings, I think that creates a kind of a safety and a resonance that then they can meet, go meet the challenge or take responsibility. But until that happens for a lot of people there, they get stuck in the feeling.