
If you lose the fight with vulnerability and surrender, you will get your life back.ġ1. Stop catastrophizing what might happen and stop and say, “I am just so grateful because to feel this vulnerable means that I am alive.”ġ0. Let ourselves be seen, deeply seen, vulnerably seen.Ĩ. Vulnerability is the birthplace of joy, creativity, belonging, and love.ħ. Vulnerability is the willingness to say something first like, “I love you.” It is the willingness to do something where there are no guarantees.Ħ. To connect with others and to show empathy toward others, we have to be willing to be vulnerable.ĥ. The one thing that keeps us from connections with others is our fear that we are not worthy of connection. Shame is universal and nobody wants to talk about it.ģ.



The thing that unravels connection with others is shame.Ģ. Recently, one of my students told me to watch a TED talk by Brene Brown about vulnerability because as he put it,”It is awesome!” While watching this talk, I was deeply moved!įeeling very inspired, I wrote down some of the things I learned from Brene Brown about vulnerability, shame and empathy.ġ.
