How might it be for all of us if we were able to all just “be” our­selves in every sit­u­a­tion? What might arise from this and for us? What might this inti­mate shar­ing of sto­ries reveal about each of us, in our frag­ile human state.

I learned so much over the week­end, not just from the rich con­tent, bril­liant ideas and brave folk who attended, spoke, vol­un­teered, orga­nized and tech-savvied the whole event, but from the act of openly shar­ing mean­ing­ful per­sonal sto­ries, despite nerves and all of the other dis­trac­tions that accom­pany fam­ily life.