Is vulnerability synonymous with weakness? "We identify vulnerability with emotions we wish to avoid such as fear, shame, and uncertainty in our culture," says Dr. Brené Brown. Yet, all too often, we overlook the fact that vulnerability is also where joy, belonging, creativity, authenticity, and love are born." Dr. Brown's book The Power of Vulnerability is both an invitation and a promise: when we dare to let go of the armor that keeps us from feeling vulnerable, we open ourselves up to the experiences that give our life purpose and meaning. She debunks the common idea that vulnerability is a sign of weakness, revealing that it is, in fact, our most reliable indicator of bravery.
Brené notes, "The Power of Vulnerability is a very personal project for me." "This is where all of my effort comes together for the first time." This audio course incorporates material from all three of my books and is the sum total of all I've learned over the previous twelve years. I'm really looking forward to putting it all together in a way that shows how these results and ideas might impact our lives."
"The word I use to characterize people who can live from a place of vulnerability in my research is wholehearted," Dr. Brown explains. Being wholehearted is a skill that we can develop through empathy, gratitude, and knowledge of our own defenses. In The Power of Vulnerability, join this entertaining and sincere teacher as she shares important ideas on how to lean into the complete spectrum of emotions—so we can show up, let ourselves be seen, and genuinely be all in.
No one reaches out to you for compassion or empathy so you can teach them how to behave better. They reach out to us because they believe in our capacity to know our darkness well enough to sit in the dark with them.
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