Vulnerability: The Secret Source of Courage

"Vulnerability isn't the crack in your armour-its the light breaking through "

There’s a word that makes most people flinch. Vulnerability.

It's often mistaken for weakness, fragility, or exposure. Yet the truth is, it’s the most powerful, magnetic, liberating energy you can embody. Vulnerability isn’t the opposite of strength. It is strength. As Brené Brown says, “Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen when you have no control over the outcome.”

That’s where true courage begins -not in pretending to have it all together, but in being brave enough to let the world see you as you are.

For years, many of us have been conditioned to guard our hearts, our truth, our feelings. We armour up, keeping ourselves safe from rejection, failure, judgment but that armour doesn’t just protect us from pain — it also blocks joy, creativity, love, and connection.

Being vulnerable means standing in uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure. It’s uncomfortable, yes. It’s messy, unpredictable, sometimes terrifying yet it’s in those moments of raw honesty that we become fully alive.

That’s the paradox: the thing we most fear — being seen — is the very thing that sets us free.

The Power of Being Vulnerable with Yourself

It begins within. It has undoubtedly shifted my life in recent years. I had to break through so many barriers of fear and pride (my armour) which led to a personal cracking open and journey home to myself. The journey isnt easy but it is so bloody worth it. its freedom!

You can’t be truly vulnerable with others until you’re willing to be honest with yourself. That means facing your own truth — the parts you have hidden, the dreams you have dimmed and the emotions you’ve ignored.

When you dare to meet yourself without filters or masks, something extraordinary happens. You come home. You stop performing for approval and start aligning with authenticity. This is when confidence rises naturally, not as something you fake, but as a side effect of truth.

If you’re wondering how to be more vulnerable and courageous, start here - with you 🙏🏼

Ask: Where am I hiding from my own truth? What am I afraid to admit to myself? That’s where your power lies.

Why Vulnerability is the Secret Source

We spend so much of life avoiding the unknown, fearing uncertainty, protecting our hearts from what-ifs. However, imagine if every extraordinary moment in life, every leap forward in love, career, art, or self happens when you step into uncertainty anyway.

"To love at all is to be vulnerable" -C.S Lewis

Vulnerability is the secret source because it’s the birthplace of courage, creativity, and connection. You cannot have one without the other. The brave ones aren’t fearless -they’re simply willing to walk into the arena, shaking, but still open.

As an actor, you know this better than anyone. To truly move an audience, you must surrender control and allow truth to flow through you. The most compelling performances are never perfect, they are real. The cracks, the pauses, the trembling voice, that’s where humanity lives. That’s vulnerability!

As a woman, as an entrepreneur, as a leader, it’s the same energy. The moment you show up authentically instead of polished, not perfect, just real - people feel it. Clients feel it. Partners feel it. Your audience feels it. Vulnerability is magnetic because it’s truth in motion.

5 Ways to Come Back to Vulnerability and Courage

1. Meet yourself with honesty.

Sit with your truth instead of running from it. Journal, meditate, or simply be still. Awareness is the first act of courage.

2. Let go of perfection.

Perfection is fear in disguise. The moment you release the need to “get it right,” life expands. Mistakes become invitations to grow.

3. Express, don’t suppress.

Say what’s real. Feel what’s there. Whether it’s grief, desire, or uncertainty - expression is freedom.

4. Choose courage over comfort.

Every time you face a difficult conversation, a self-tape that scares you, a pitch, or a boundary - you’re strengthening your courage muscle.

5. Lead with your heart.

Vulnerability in leadership isn’t weakness, it’s what builds trust. When you share the truth of your journey, others feel safe to share theirs too.

How Vulnerability Translates into Every Part of Life

For the actor, vulnerability is truth. It’s the bridge between character and soul. It’s what allows you to step into a role and reveal the human experience without filter. When you stop performing and start feeling, that’s when you truly connect.

For the entrepreneur or leader, vulnerability is authenticity. It’s the moment you stop hiding behind strategy and show your story, your why, your humanness. That’s what draws clients, collaborators, and opportunity. People don’t buy perfection; they buy truth.

For the woman, vulnerability is freedom. It’s the release of the old conditioning and the need to hold it all together, to be everything for everyone. It’s permission to soften, to be seen, to receive and in that softness, you become stronger than ever.

Your Invitation This Week

This is your challenge - your opportunity.

Let this be the week you choose vulnerability. The week you take the leap, make the call, share the truth, show up without the armour because that’s where life begins again.

When you dare to be vulnerable, you become courageous. When you’re courageous, you become magnetic.

And that’s the secret source —the alchemy of being fully, beautifully human.

With Love and an open heart

Jenna ✨💚