“I heard Q-Tip on the Jungle Brothers' song 'The Promo.' It was very exciting. It was very new. The music and the culture around hip-hop was evolving. I think there's an emotional quality to their music and there's a vulnerability to the music. For me, A Tribe Called Quest was my Beatles.” ThinkingSongCultureQualityHeardEmotionalBrotherExcitingHip HopHipsEvolveVulnerabilityHopsQuestsTribesJungleTribe Called Quest Author:Michael Rapaport
“Emotional dependence is the opposite of emotional strength. It means needing to have others to survive, wanting others to "do it for us," and depending on others to give us our self-image, make our decisions, and take care of us financially. When we are emotionally dependent, we look to others for our happiness, our concept of "self," and our emotional well-being. Such vulnerability necessitates a search for and dependence on outer support for a sense of our own worth.” GivingWellsLooksMeanSelfCareDecisionSupportEmotionalConceptsOppositesTake CareWell BeingVulnerabilityBeing YourselfDependentDependenceEmotional StrengthEmotional Well BeingDepending On Others Author:Sue Thoele
“Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous... I define vulnerability as emotional risk, exposure, uncertainty. It fuels our daily lives.” RiskDangerousEmotionalWeaknessMythUncertaintyVulnerabilityFuelDaily LifeExposure Author:Brené Brown
“If there is any sense of order to the universe, acting is what I am meant to do. I'm not manufactured. I know acting isn't real, that it's temporary. If there is any theme to the roles I play, it is emotional vulnerability and availability.” IfsKnowsRealPlayOrderUniverseActingRolesEmotionalVulnerabilityThemeTemporaryAvailability Author:DJ Qualls
“How many of us have had our hearts broken for whatever reason yet find the courage to continue to reach out for love. Emotional vulnerability is true strength to me.” HeartReasonEmotionalBrokenVulnerabilityReach OutHeart BrokeTrue StrengthEmotional Love Author:Michelle J. Howard
“Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Don't worry about appearing sentimental. Worry about being unavailable; worry about being absent or fraudulent.” WritingWorryEmotionalVulnerabilitySentimentalAbsentAppearing Author:Anne Lamott
“I can spend years studying and being in therapy and having a very analytic spiritual meditation practice, but without the emotional component, without the softening that comes with love and vulnerability, everything else I do is really just surface.” YearsI CanSpiritualPracticeStudyMeditationEmotionalSurfaceTherapyVulnerabilityComponentsAnalyticsMeditation Practice Author:Moby
“One of the goals of a spiritual practice is self-awareness, and one of the best tools of self-awareness is simple emotional vulnerability.” SelfSpiritualGoalSimplePracticeAwarenessEmotionalToolsSelf AwarenessVulnerabilitySpiritual Practice Author:Moby
“There is a vulnerability that any woman has in a situation where you're surrounded by men in an enclosed space. You learn through time different defense mechanisms, and it could be for protection, for emotional, physical, everything.” MenDifferentSpaceSituationEmotionalProtectionDefenseVulnerabilityMechanismRough TimesDefense Mechanisms Author:Katee Sackhoff
“I am a thinned-skinned type. I am very sensitive, very emotional. Vulnerability is kind of always a part of my day.” KindEmotionalTypeSensitiveVulnerability Author:Ani DiFranco