Radical vulnerability isn't just for young people.

Here's why we all need to be practicing it. And what it really is.

The man’s hand shot up and I called on him.

“I hear you saying all this, and I just got to say: this is great for young people who are used to putting their stuff all over the internet, but this isn’t for the older generations.”

I had just delivered a talk on radical vulnerability, walking the audience through Step 3 in my four-step process to breaking free from not only addiction but whatever sin issue is tripping you up. (The process I used to break free from being an alcoholic.) And while this man—a bespectacled gentleman probably in his late 50s—was respectful, he was insistent: radical vulnerability for thee, but not for me. In fact, he was adamant that if he were to implement it within his church small group, he would chase people away. 

My response? He’s probably right. 

What I mean is that I completely agree that the idea of radical vulnerability may be more palatable to younger generations and more scary for older ones. There’s no doubt that Boomers and older Gen Xers grew up in …