Ditching Invulnerability: Embracing Our Most Authentic Selves (219)

Therapist Uncensored Podcast

Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

While just the word vulnerability can trigger our defenses, it can also be a great gateway to secure relating and deepening the connection with our authentic selves. In a society heavily influenced by social media, unhealthy gender roles, and many other factors - Ann and Sue dive into the importance of changing the narrative and stepping out of our defensive invulnerable state and into our healthy, vulnerable selves.

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0:00.0	Our challenge, I think, is to be able to be authentic selves.
0:05.0	And the desire is like, if we can find our authentic connected selves
0:10.8	and really acknowledge our weaknesses as part of us and not just to be fixed and our vulnerability,
0:18.0	we're focusing on that our authentic self is about belonging, not our perfect self, that are real messy cells.
0:27.0	Research shows that when we connect and our more vulnerable authentic selves and other people accept us.
0:34.9	The areas of our mind and our brain that get activated are much more focused on social
0:40.0	connection and then lovingly it brings out that in other people that other people can
0:44.8	feel vulnerable and be their authentic self. So I think the dialogue is about how to get authentic,
0:50.7	how to be real and accept that and to really promote going inside oneself instead of the outward image and that's a
0:59.2	challenge right now I think. and more in an honest way that's helpful in healing humans.
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2:20.7	Hey everyone, welcome to Therapis Unsensored. I'm Ann Kelly and before we jump in today's
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