by Danielle Jenkins, PsyD
One of my favorite people in the world is Brene Brown. She has taught me that vulnerability is the path to whole hearted living. I strive to be vulnerable, but to be honest, I am terrible at it. I’ll keep trying but it’s really hard work. One of the things that keeps me trying to be authentic is that I know that the beautifully curated lives I see on social media are often far from the reality. That’s part of why I am writing this. So often we don’t know what is really going on with someone and what we believe is happening is actually not even close to the reality.
There are many powerful examples of this in my own life. I had a friend from graduate school who rarely posted on social media but I remember seeing this beautiful picture of him with a girlfriend and some happy pictures of them doing fun things around their beautiful home in the Northwest. I assumed based on these photos that my friend was in a happy place, living a happy life. Not too...
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