Something that I find is lacking from other female role models in my life. And she is not afraid of saying what’s on her mind, getting things wrong and learning to grow. The lowdown on Daring Greatly by Brené BrownĪlthough she is someone who I’ve only just discovered in the past few months, I have already gained so much valuable insight and guidance from her.īrené is raw, honest and talks openly about vulnerability, shame and human connection.They have two children, Ellen and Charlie. Brené Brown lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband, Steve. The Call to Courage special debuted on the streaming service on April 19, 2019. She is also the first researcher to have a filmed lecture on Netflix.

She hosts the Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead podcasts, and her TEDx talk, “The Power of Vulnerability,” is one of the top five most-viewed TED talks in the world with more than 50 million views. She is also a visiting professor in management at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. Brown has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy and is the author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, and her latest book, Dare to Lead, which is the culmination of a seven-year study on courage and leadership. This is daring greatly.īrené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston, where she holds the Huffington Foundation–Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the Graduate College of Social Work. It is an invitation to be courageous to show up and let ourselves be seen, even when there are no guarantees.This is vulnerability. She argues that, in truth, vulnerability is strength and when we shut ourselves off from vulnerability - from revealing our true selves - we distance ourselves from the experiences that bring purpose and meaning to our lives.Daring Greatly is the culmination of 12 years of groundbreaking social research, across every area of our lives including home, relationships, work, and parenting. In a powerful new vision Dr Bren Brown challenges everything we think we know about vulnerability, and dispels the widely accepted myth that it's a weakness. Most of us try to fight those feelings - or feel guilt for feeling them in the first place. **Now on Netflix as The Call to Courage**'She's so good, Bren Brown, at finding the language to articulate collective feeling' Dolly Alderton Every time we are faced with change, no matter how great or small, we also face risk.

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