Now that you have reflected on the podcast, Read and Respond to all of your classmates in your group discussion
· Ask questions, carry on a conversation, offer encouragement or helpful suggestions
· comment on how to apply these ideas
· any thoughts agree or disagree.
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1) Dr. Brene Brown is a professor at the University of Houston and an author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers. She studied courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy. She believes that you cannot get to courage without walking right through vulnerability. Her mindset is to only let a few people who really matter most to you make judgements of your action, mainly the people you love and have good connections with. When you care about what everyone thinks you lose the willingness to be vulnerable. When you fail at something, you will have to face it and learn from it in order to grow and not make the same mistakes anymore. When you face failure, you have to learn from that to be better.
At minute (9:45) Brown said “When we’re investing in our relationship, when we’re doing these things, were showing up for each other, it’s about making time for each other and prioritizing each other then we become each other greatest confidantes, counselors great sounding boards.” This struck me because when people are supporting each other, it creates this bond that builds a safe space for others. At minute (38:30) Brown also said “Vulnerability does not mean weakness, vulnerability means the openness and willingness to stay in it longer than you did before.” Being vulnerable does not make you weak rather it makes you more open and connected to people that’s why this stood out to me. Lastly, at minute (41:11) “Vulnerability and trust are slow stacking… Vulnerability is about showing up and being authentic and being ourselves… They grow and can die together.” This stood out to me because I never really thought that vulnerability and trust worked together, I thought they worked separately.
Brene mentioned every day when she wakes up she says “courage over comfort” (23:45) This ties up to our lecture about habits. This is a great way to start your day and creating a habit because you are choosing what’s brave over what’s comfortable. Brene also said that she wants to be loved and valued. I feel that this is important and ties into one of our topics/ reading that spending time with the people you love will increase your life span. I do heavily believe on this because when spending time with people you love, you tend to be happier and have a positive view on life.
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2) The guest speaker Brene Brown talks about vulnerability, how it comes from a place of shame and fear. We have to allow ourselves to be seen, belong and have a sense of worthiness. Being vulnerable can be beautiful; it takes courage, compassion and a connection of authenticity.
Brown had mentioned fear can also be the birthplace of joy, creativity and love. At 13 minutes she explained that her therapist had mentioned it is not good or bad to have fear, it is what it is. It is not possible to selectively numb, we numb everything, the good and the bad. We have to let ourselves be seen and be vulnerable while practicing gratitude and joy, saying we are enough.
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3) Dr. Brene Brown is a lecturer, author and podcast host. She is known for her research on shame, vulnerability and leadership and for her widely viewed ted talk amassing over 35+ million views. Author of a book on why we should embrace vulnerability and imperfection, to live wholeheartedly, and engage in our lives. Has made a noticeable dent in the field of wellness and has spent the last two decades studying courage, vulnerability and courage. The relationship between vulnerability and courage is the focal point of this podcast in her own words she states “you can’t get courage without walking through vulnerability.” Growing up she learned how to be a very hopful person, agency, and believed she could do anything by learning a very growth midset at a very young age through her parents by learning the relationship between effort and output, one of the examples in the podcast was when she wanted a treehouse her dad told her what it requires to build one from getting all the parts from scratch. The psychological framework she applies to her life is through a 100% effort method, for example in her relationship when one is feeling at 10% and the other is feeling at 90% that’s how much effort they’re pouring into each other, other days could be the other way around. In her work, she looks at it from a perspective, of bein a Stuart of people’s stories and comes up with what’s the best strategy to get those stories out to the world. She states that the skillset she uses is the 4 skill sets of courage 1) Rumbling with vulnerability, 2) Living into your values, 3) Braving trust, 4) Learning to rise. Vulnerability is an essential part of courage there’s no courage without vulnerability. The topic of vulnerability is discusses a lot in this podcast the meaning to it in this podcast is the willingness to be seen when you can’t control the outcome this defines the true meaning of willing to get out there and get your ass kicked wether it’s to giving that public speech, standing up for yourself, speaking your truths or setting those boundaries in life. Her motivation comes from her mantra that sounds like “courage over comfort” choosing what’s brave over comfort.
Something that struck me at the 16:57 minute mark is when she talks about caring what everyone thinks and not caring what everyone thinks is super problematic, one when you care when everyone thinks you lose the willingness to be vulnerable and put yourself out there. When you stop caring about what anyone thinks at all you lose your capacity for connection because were hardwired neurobiologically to care about what people think. An inspiring moment that struck me was at the 20:51 minute mark is that she interviews people in their 70s and 80s that have such profound regret, sorrow, and grief about the things they didn’t try, the chances they didn’t take, not saying I love you first because they had so much fear of what other people would think. Leads to depression, hopelessness, it’s terrible. This just inspires me to enjoy the present and give my all in all areas of my life. A learning moment that struck me was at the 40:53 minute mark, she discusses her insights about sharing vulnerability and earning the right. What comes first vulnerability or trust? The best way to think about it is vulnerability and trust is a slow stack. Vulnerability is not “Hey it’s nice to meet you here’s the darkest thing that’s ever happened to me and im gonna see if you stick around after hearing that”, because a good boundary healthy person might say “hey I know I just met you this felt really inappropriate im out!.” We don’t use vulnerability to test people, vulnerability is about showing up and being authentic. Vulnerability and trust grow together. There’s nothing worse than showing vulnerability with someone and they use it against you.
Brene’s super easy to apply strategies ties into self-efficacy building strategies, by mastering areas where you feel the most confident, where you willingly want to keep learning, also where you’re willing to try something new. A second connection with the lecture is locus of control because she encourages to let in feedback about your work and what you are doing, because feedback is a really important part of mastery
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