On Being is a radio show on NPR about meaning and spirituality. A friend heard Brene Brown on it a few months ago, and I just got around to listening to it today. It's awesome! It was just what I needed to hear. Brene's topic hasn't changed, but she talks about different subjects since the setting is not a Ted Talk or a conference.
Today what I heard that changed my attitude [an adjustment was necessary again today] was the discussion about parenting. Hearing these two women talk about the fear and vulnerability and love that comes with being a parent touched my heart regarding my own parents. How difficult it must be to raise a child and send her out into the world, not sure if you've equipped her properly for the life ahead! Instead of the resentment I used to feel towards them growing up (you ruined my life!), now I just feel compassion.
Anyways, Brene Brown continues to help me transform my life. Listen to her yourself and see if she can help you! Here's the link to the episode of On Being.
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Monday, May 18, 2015
Sunday, January 18, 2015
#17: Brene Brown
It snowed last night at Bogus, so I, owning a beautiful 4x4 Jeep Grand Cherokee, naturally arranged to catch a ride up the hill this morning with a friend.
I am from Texas!!! We don't have snow!!!! Shut! Up!!
I got all the way to the meeting spot when I realized I didn't have my boots. My friend offered to wait for me, but the ridiculousness [shame?] of owning this vehicle and never driving it in the snow overwhelmed me and I sent him off alone.
I listened to Brene Brown's The Power of Vulnerability on the way up, a shame and vulnerability researcher whose TED Talk went viral a few years back. She was going to be my gratitude for the day until the drive home!
I waited in the bar over an hour after I got done working. I ate a massive amount of popcorn avoiding the anxiety of driving down in the snow/freezing rain/slush.
It was dark when I finally left. I was going approximately 6 miles an hour. I didn't brake, I just shifted between 1,2,3, usually freaking out in 3rd gear. I lost depth perception a few times and relied on the white lines to follow me down. I felt the pressure of drivers behind me encouraging [read: tailgating] me to pull over and get out of their way. Brene Brown was still playing on the way down.
As I'm listening to this woman talk about shame belonging I realize that I used to not even go skiing, much less drive myself up there, because I was so fearful of feeling ashamed of myself if I made a mistake, or of looking bad, or of being laughed at, or of feeling awkward, or of getting hurt, or having to go by myself because "I don't have any friends" (as I used to tell myself).
Brene says in this CD set that the #1 barrier to "belonging" is "fitting in". This has changed my life. Realizing that I can be myself and THAT is who and what is appreciated about me has been one of the top 3 greatest gifts I have received in life.
I am from Texas!!! We don't have snow!!!! Shut! Up!!
I got all the way to the meeting spot when I realized I didn't have my boots. My friend offered to wait for me, but the ridiculousness [shame?] of owning this vehicle and never driving it in the snow overwhelmed me and I sent him off alone.
I listened to Brene Brown's The Power of Vulnerability on the way up, a shame and vulnerability researcher whose TED Talk went viral a few years back. She was going to be my gratitude for the day until the drive home!
I waited in the bar over an hour after I got done working. I ate a massive amount of popcorn avoiding the anxiety of driving down in the snow/freezing rain/slush.
It was dark when I finally left. I was going approximately 6 miles an hour. I didn't brake, I just shifted between 1,2,3, usually freaking out in 3rd gear. I lost depth perception a few times and relied on the white lines to follow me down. I felt the pressure of drivers behind me encouraging [read: tailgating] me to pull over and get out of their way. Brene Brown was still playing on the way down.
As I'm listening to this woman talk about shame belonging I realize that I used to not even go skiing, much less drive myself up there, because I was so fearful of feeling ashamed of myself if I made a mistake, or of looking bad, or of being laughed at, or of feeling awkward, or of getting hurt, or having to go by myself because "I don't have any friends" (as I used to tell myself).
Brene says in this CD set that the #1 barrier to "belonging" is "fitting in". This has changed my life. Realizing that I can be myself and THAT is who and what is appreciated about me has been one of the top 3 greatest gifts I have received in life.
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