Show 886: Finding the Courage to Connect
The People's Pharmacy
Joe and Terry Graedon
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2014
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
We often think of vulnerability as a weakness, but being open and vulnerable with those we care about actually requires courage and strength. When we manage it, vulnerability also strengthens our most precious human connections.
Dr. Brené Brown has inspired millions of people with her TED talks on the power of vulnerability. Learn why striving for greater authenticity should be on your list of New Year’s resolutions.
Living Whole-Heartedly
We can learn to be whole-hearted and improve our relationships with family members, friends and colleagues in 2015.
This Week’s Guest:
Brené Brown Ph.D., LMSW, is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. Her books include: The Gifts of Imperfection, I Thought It Was Just Me, and her new book, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead.
Her 2010 TEDx Houston talk on the power of vulnerability is one of the most watched talks on TED.com, with over 6 million views. She gave the closing talk, Listening to Shame, at the 2012 TED Conference in Long Beach.
The photo of Dr. Brown is by Danny Clark. Her website is brenebrown.com
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Joe Graydon. |
| 0:01.9 | And I'm Terry Graydon. |
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| 0:17.3 | That's S-Q-U-A-T-Y-P-O-T-Y.com. |
| 0:27.1 | Have you made resolutions for the coming year? |
| 0:32.3 | Is vulnerability one of them? |
| 0:34.5 | We'll find out why it might be the most important of all. |
| 0:38.4 | This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon. |
| 0:48.7 | Most people think of vulnerability as a weakness, but we'll learn why opening ourselves up, embracing vulnerability, |
| 0:56.3 | really requires great courage and offers even greater rewards. Dr. Brunay Brown has inspired |
| 1:02.8 | millions with her TED talks on the power of vulnerability. She'll tell us why stressful times |
| 1:08.6 | like these call for authenticity even if it's scary. |
| 1:12.9 | Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, how we can improve our relationships with our partners, friends, children, and colleagues in 2015. |
| 1:23.1 | First, this news. |
| 1:28.9 | In the People's Pharmacy Health headlines, reports from public health officials indicate that influenza is widespread around the country. |
| 1:37.9 | The predominant virus-causing illness is a variety of H3N2 that is not covered by the flu vaccine because its genes drifted away |
| 1:47.0 | from last year's strain. Holiday travel may help spread infections even faster than normal. |
| 1:52.0 | The CDC has recommended antiviral medicines, Raleenza or Tamiflu, be prescribed for people |
| 1:59.0 | who become ill with H3N2 flu. |
| 2:03.0 | The only trouble is that there's a shortage of Tamiflu in many parts of the country. |
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