SuperSoul Sessions: The Anatomy of Trust
On the anatomy of trust.
A collection of conversations, writings, and resources that get to the heart of my work.
During my 20 years as a researcher, I have found that the most difficult and most rewarding challenge of my work is how to be both a mapmaker and a traveler. My maps, or theories, on shame resilience, wholeheartedness, vulnerability, and leadership have not been drawn from the experiences of my own travels, but from the data I’ve collected over the past two decades—the experiences of thousands of men and women who are forging paths in the direction that I, and many others, want to take our lives. Read more about my story here.
My moment to “dare greatly,” as Theodore Roosevelt once urged citizens to do, came in June 2010 when I was invited to speak at TEDxHouston. The video of that talk has now been viewed more than 55 million times.
This 2010 TED Talk stemmed from my faith in my research and what emerged from the data—that vulnerability is the core, the heart, the center of meaningful human experiences.
My team and I receive emails every week from people asking “If I’m new to your work, where do I start? Which book do I read first?”
A primer for navigating the progression of my written work.
I use the manifesto as a touchstone, a prayer, and a meditation when I’m wrestling with vulnerability or when I’ve got that “never enough” fear.
People may call what happens at midlife “a crisis,” but it’s not. It’s an unraveling—a time when you feel a desperate pull to live the life you want to live, not the one you’re “supposed” to live. Here’s the story of my unraveling.
I’m not here to make people comfortable or to be liked. My purpose is to know and experience love. This means excavating the unsaid. In the world and in me.
Our collective stories of race in the U.S. are not easy to own. But I believe that if each of us holds space for honest conversation where we listen more than we defend or offer false comfort, we can do this—we can write a brave new ending to one of the most painful stories in our history.
An animated look at blame in action, with a special appearance from my husband, Steve.