Brené Brown: The Power of Vulnerability

Brene Brown studies human connection, our ability to empathise, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share.

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ABOUT Brené Brown

“Brene Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past ten years studying vulnerability, courage, authenticity, and shame. She spent the first five years of her decade-long study focusing on shame and empathy, and is now using that work to explore a concept that she calls Wholeheartedness. She poses the questions:

How do we learn to embrace our vulnerabilities and imperfections so that we can engage in our lives from a place of authenticity and worthiness? How do we cultivate the courage, compassion, and connection that we need to recognise that we are enough – that we are worthy of love, belonging, and joy?”

Brené’s talk was the most profoundly life-touching and soul-soothing talk I’d listened to in 2010. Hers is not simply a talk to share, it is a talk to take into ourselves and to live as well as we possibly can. Respect Brené.

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