Introduction to Courage and Vulnerability
Vulnerability is widely misread as weakness. We’re taught to hold it together, to stay guarded, to prove we’re strong by never letting anyone see what’s underneath.
But real strength isn’t in holding up the armour, it’s in knowing when to put it down. Vulnerability isn’t about spilling everything or exposing yourself unnecessarily. It’s about allowing yourself to feel and connect, even when it challenges your comfort zone. It’s the courage to meet yourself honestly, without hiding behind perfection or control.
Why Vulnerability matters
Avoiding vulnerability doesn’t make us stronger; it traps us in survival mode. Suppressed emotions and rigid self-protection create isolation, tension, and then physical symptoms over time.
Choosing vulnerability, even in small steps, is what opens the door to genuine growth. It’s what allows your nervous system to settle, your body to release tension, and your life to feel less like a performance and more like your own. You stop carrying the silent belief that you have to do it all alone.
Vulnerability and Chronic Illness
When you’re living with chronic illness, vulnerability can feel unsafe. In fight, flight, or freeze, your nervous system is guarding you as the only way to survive. Those defences once served you, but over time they became barriers, locking you into patterns of tension, fear, and suppression.
Recovery begins when those walls lower, gradually and deliberately. Vulnerability here isn’t about exposing everything. It’s about allowing small moments of trust, letting connection in without collapsing your boundaries.
Lowering your guard doesn’t mean losing control. It creates space for your system to shift out of constant protection mode. In that space, your mindbody finally has the chance to repair, renew, and discover a strength you didn’t know you had.
Vulnerability as Strength
Vulnerability is not a sign of weakness. It’s a sign of trust; in yourself, in your ability to heal, and in the support available to you. As you let down your barriers, you’ll begin to discover a new kind of strength. This strength doesn’t come from holding everything together but from allowing yourself to open and experience life fully. It’s in this openness that healing becomes possible.
Start small. Let yourself shift perspective one step at a time. Vulnerability isn’t about being weak; it’s about being real. And in that authenticity, you’ll find a strength that cannot be shaken.
Next Steps
If this resonates, take one intentional step forward. Explore the resources page on this site or consider booking a session where we can work together with structure and clarity to shift your nervous system and patterns of self-protection.
Healing doesn’t require you to do it all alone. It begins with choosing openness, in a way that feels safe and sustainable.
With clarity and strength,
Amari 🌸💗
