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Combatting That Morning Dread: Brené Brown on Courage, Vulnerability, Empathy and Self-Worth

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Professor Brené Brown delivers a powerful statement about the nature of courage, and how it can’t exist without an embrace of uncertainty and vulnerability. At the same time, she makes a passionate case for self-affirmation. Her message is one of challenge, promise, and hope.

“It is not about winning. It is not about losing. It’s about showing up and being seen.”

Brené Brown, a Houston-based professor and social worker, has a way of cutting right to the chase. Anyone who dares strive for something truly difficult, she says, receives just one guarantee: “You will get your ass kicked” at some point, and are betting off expecting it.

“If courage is a value that we hold, this is a consequence.”

There is so much good, smart, straight-on advice in these 11 minutes that it’s hardly possible to summarize them. Have a listen. You’ll know in 30 seconds that you’ve found someone whose strength of purpose is matched only by her goodwill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j7DbxtMbpQ

 

 

 

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Dominique Simon

Dominique launched Allies in Recovery in 2003. Her work has been featured on HBO and NPR. She is a facilitator and a trained speaker on issues of addiction and the family. She has worked extensively developing and evaluating federally-funded substance abuse programs for organizations and clinics throughout Massachusetts and New York. With an interest in recovery and substance abuse that spans 20 years, she sees a huge need to help families develop the skills to help a loved one recover fully in a supportive, whole, and lasting way in their families and in their communities. Her mission is to have Allies in Recovery fill that gap.

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