What is courage, really?

Maya Angelou said courage is our most important virtue because it makes all the others possible.

And frankly, at this juncture in our collective history, mindful resistance and fierce joy feel important, too.

We can all learn to become more courageous – in our relationships, in our communities, in our alive, vibrant world. It isn’t easy, but I’m here for it. I would be honoured if you joined me, as a reader, a client, a fellow traveller in this life.

My path to courage

As a woman, mother, partner, friend, citizen, writer and therapist, this has been the work (and sometimes the play) of my life.

I’ve spent years learning from courageous people. They inhabit the books I write. They’re a lot like you and me. They aspire and they ache. They’re angry and complicated, beautiful and flawed. I often try to be thoughtfully, lovingly courageous. And I often fail.

Because courage isn’t perfection. And it certainly isn’t the absence of fear.

Sometimes courage is just the next breath. The next step. Sometimes the only place we can be courageous is in our imaginations. And that, too, is powerful. The beginning of courage is always inside.