Thinking about this lately: If your "radical vulnerability" causes harm to people or means demanding to be heard at the exclusion of anyone else's needs or experiences, you're just prioritizing your needs and dumping your feelings on people without consent.

I would love to know more about the origin of this term - so if you're done research on this before and feel comfortable sharing, please do. I can think of so many instances where people have innocently overshared and it didn't land quite right.

Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions, everyone! Ione reminded me I had a copy of Brené Brown's "Dare to Lead" sitting on my bookshelf, so I went away and read it. While there is a lot to reflect on, two quotes seem particularly pertinent here:

"I am not a proponent of oversharing, indiscriminate disclosure as a leadership tool, or vulnerability for vulnerability's sake" (pg. 35)

"Vulnerability minus boundaries is not vulnerability. It's confession, manipulation, desperation, or shock and awe, but it's not vulnerabilty". (pg. 39).