I googled the TED talk above after getting home and catching the speaker, Brené Brown, on Katie Couric’s new show talking about vulnerability. Brown’s a research professor at the University of Houston so I’m sure she knows her stuff. It’s compelling, but I wonder how much of our discomfort with being vulnerable is just our discomfort with any discomfort.
But if you’re in a “I know what to do but don’t seem to be able to do it” place (aren’t we all sometimes?), her talks, books, or quotes may provide some useful inspiration.
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I heart Brené Brown…I’ve been aware of her and her work (and have read one of her previous books) for a couple of years now. It resonates with me.
I’m seldom a fan of the self-motivation genre (or of research that focuses on individual transformation), but I like this “magic pixie” because I’ve seen her social worker’s heart in action (personal comments she’s gifted to fairly obscure blogs), and I appreciate her views on the critical human need for connection through vulnerability—especially her re-vision of “prediction and control” as barriers to authentic connection.
Thanks for bringing her lovely speech here. I’ve watched it before, but it’s worth more than one exposure if only to enjoy her talent for graceful synthesis of diverse conceptual strands from several different fields of study.
Yes, it was her comment on Katie a la “I don’t think of [her fans] as fans but as a community” that inspired me to find this clip. Thanks too for your comments here to inspire this new interest of mine!
My friend showed me this. and all I can say is wow. I am everything she is speaking about. I am the worse self destructing person, mentally and emotionally. Going through a divorce after 12 yrs of being with an abuser , drug addict. And litereally believing that its my fault. never feeeling good enough smart enough pretty enough. . this woman is on cue.
Christine, I think a LOT of us are who she is speaking about! Glad it resonated with you … hope it is helping.