This is the Terry Cole show and as you might have guessed I'm your host Terry Cole

For over two decades I've been a licensed psychotherapist, love and boundaries expert, and I'm also the founder of the Rail of Revolution and Boundary Boot Camp.

On this show, I'll bring you simple strategies based on practical psychology, inspiring expert interviews, and my own insights

and observations from my time on the front lines in the fascinating world of entertainment,

empowerment, and mental health.

Now let's get going with today's episode.

Well, hello and welcome to this week's episode that I'm so excited about.

As you know, I'm going through questions and problems that you guys are sending in to me,

and someone wrote in about vulnerability and

that she's hearing all of this about the power of vulnerability but she feels

bad she feels like she shares too much too soon when she meets someone and so she doesn't

understand what all the talk is about vulnerability. So I want to be specific and talk about

what I call voluntary vulnerability.

So vulnerability itself is basically being willing to share yourself

even though you know you're not perfect. Being willing to be seen as you are.

That's what being vulnerable is. It isn't just sharing yourself, right? Because look at

Instagram and all these other things people

share themselves all the time in a very curated way that's not what we're talking

about so in this episode today I'm going to be giving you some six ideas of how you can develop and

nurture voluntary vulnerability in your life and in your relationships. So let's talk a little bit about why this is hard to do.

Why is vulnerability itself?

It can be difficult to do.

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