I’m pretty sure that every human being, regardless of what they seem to portray, is fearful of being vulnerable. As a child, I learned that not everyone could be trusted. And later, I came to understand that every human being—including me—had flaws. But knowing that...

From time to time, a new buzzword shows up in our language, and almost overnight, it’s on every tongue because it feels cool to be one of the first to adopt the latest expression. Sometimes I’m guilty of that, too—even if I’m not entirely sure I’m using the word...

Today I was thinking about change—and I smiled. I remember the resolve with which I used to tackle my biggest problems, and how try as I might, I could never get very far before I reached the inevitable conclusion that I had failed. Again. This became acutely and...