Great talk from Brene Brown on vulnerability (not to mention shame, guilt, and fear). All the good stuff. Especially applicable at Christmas:
Am I alone in struggling with vulnerability? No. So this is what I learned. We numb vulnerability — when we're waiting for the call. It was funny, I sent out something on Twitter and Facebook that said "How do you define vulnerabilty? What makes you feel vulnerable?" And within an hour and a half, I had 150 responses. Having to ask my husband for help because I'm sick, and we're newly married. Having to initiate sex with my husband, initiating sex with my wife, being turned down, asking someone out; waiting for the doctor to call back; getting laid off; laying people off — this is the world we live in. We live in a vulnerable world. And the way we deal with it is we numb vulnerabilty.
By the way, born readers, you don't have to listen to TED talks. You can read them. It's much faster, and of course it makes a person far less vulnerable to the emotions of shame, guilt, fear, and regret.
Just so you know. In case you feel, you know, vulnerable to any of that.
h/t: Kim Maxwell
Kit Stolz 