This is excellent Melanie. Vulnerability and intimacy are two sides of the same coin. https://marcus17043.medium.com/that-security-requires-the-courage-to-be-vulnerable-true-intimacy-and-love-from-another-stems-c7d19bf1c65c. The article I respond to in that link is a good read. Here is another. https://medium.com/curious/the-audacity-of-authenticity-4eafade038cd. I do not read or listen to any spiritual gurus but I hear good things about Ms. Brown cited therein. She writes and speaks very well n the topic of vulnerability.