Brené Brown has seen an absolute explosion in terms of her reach. Her 2012 follow-up TED talk, “Listening to Shame,” has also reached multiple millions of people. Her presentation, entitled “The Power of Vulnerability,” has been viewed a staggering 57 million times just between TED.com and YouTube alone. Brené Brown was invited to give a TED Talk about vulnerability, and even though there’s no such thing as an overnight success, her message went worldwide almost immediately. People closed up and shut others out, which only made things worse for everyone. Many people dealt with their feelings of shame and isolation in ways that weren’t really helping them to overcome them. In her work as a research professor at the University of Houston graduate school, Dr.

The reluctance to discuss shame has attached a stigma to a very common emotion that we all experience. We don’t like to talk about vulnerability, mostly because it makes us feel “weak” or “powerless.” We feel like if we admit our fragility, we will be broken in two by the opinions of others and even ourselves. These are feelings that we all feel at some point in our lives. Brown isn’t afraid to talk about shame, vulnerability, and loneliness, because sadly, it is at the heart of humanity today. Typically, we don’t like to talk about shame or anything that can make us feel vulnerable.

Often, when she’s on a plane and isn’t in the mood for talking, this one-liner will easily shut down an unwanted conversation (or even a wanted one). My guest on this special rewind episode of The School of Greatness – long one of my most-requested guests, even after this appearance – has carved out a very prominent place for herself in the world of emotional well-being. But it’s also the courage to stand alone, and to belong to yourself above all else.” – Dr.

“Belonging is being part of something bigger than yourself. So why is acceptance often such a hard thing for some of us to find…much less to give? As such, things like loneliness, rejection, and isolation can actually have an adverse effect on our physical and mental wellness even at this stage of our development. And passing it all on.Īnd those bonds of belonging were so deep and so strong that humans came to depend on them even long after basic group survival was no longer a concern. There’s no denying it – people are tribal animals.Įven as early as the dawn of the species, humans discovered that there were definite benefits to banding together joining forces to work toward common goals.

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