Dr. Brené Brown | What If You Dared to Be You? [Best of]
Good Life Project
Jonathan Fields / Acast
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Discover the transformative power of vulnerability and courage in this eye-opening episode with Dr. Brené Brown, renowned researcher, storyteller, and author of six #1 New York Times bestsellers. Our riveting conversation explores profound questions that can redefine your life and relationships:
- 🌟 Daring to be Open: How does embracing our flaws and humanity unlock the life we desire?
- 💪 Courage over Comfort: What doors can courage open that you never imagined?
- 🧠 Understanding Vulnerability: With 60 million views, Brené's TED Talk on vulnerability has inspired many. Why is it so powerful?
- 😢 Emotionally Stirring Dialogue: A conversation that moved both of us to tears and will likely inspire you as well.
- 🌎 Relevance in Current Climate: The wisdom in this Best Of episode resonates even more today.
Brené's relatable storytelling and insights on empathy, resilience, and living a "wholehearted life" will leave you profoundly changed. This isn't just an episode; it's an invitation to a life where owning our stories means owning our lives. Listen in and dare to be real, open, and seen.
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| 0:00.0 | the greatest pain I've ever seen in my work. |
| 0:02.2 | It's from people who have spent their lives |
| 0:05.8 | on the outside of their arena wondering |
| 0:08.6 | what would have happened had I shown up. |
| 0:12.6 | So what if daring to be open and real, |
| 0:15.4 | unlock not just your greatest potential, |
| 0:18.2 | but also pretty much everything good |
| 0:20.6 | in every relationship or experience you could ever have? |
| 0:23.5 | What if the thing that so many of us fear most, |
| 0:26.0 | that others will discover how flawed and human |
| 0:28.6 | and real we are, is actually the gateway |
| 0:31.0 | to the life we so desperately want to live? |
| 0:33.9 | And what if choosing courage over comfort |
| 0:36.1 | opened the doors to a world and a life you never imagined? |
| 0:40.2 | These are just some of the questions |
| 0:41.8 | that I dive into with Brené Brown. |
| 0:43.8 | So Brené has spent the last two decades |
| 0:45.8 | studying the transformational power of vulnerability. |
| 0:49.0 | Author of six number one New York Times bestsellers, |
| 0:52.6 | Brené is really inspiring research |
| 0:54.6 | on courage, worthiness and shame, |
| 0:56.7 | has enlightened millions worldwide. |
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