"In order for connection to happen, we have to allow ourselves to be seen." -- Brené Brown.
Dr. Brené Brown is a researcher professor at the University of Houston's Graduate College of Social Work and is very interested in how human beings connect.
She has spent the past 10 years studying happiness, vulnerability, imperfection and a concept that she calls Wholeheartedness, posing the questions:
- How do we engage in our lives from a place of authenticity and worthiness?
- How do we cultivate the courage, compassion, and connection that we need to embrace our imperfections?
- How do we recognize that we are enough -- that we are worthy of love, belonging and joy?
Brené is the author of I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Telling the Truth About Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power
(2007) and the newest book, The Gifts of Imperfection (2010) and the upcoming Wholehearted: Spiritual Adventures in Falling Apart, Growing Up, and Finding Joy ( 2011).
(2007) and the newest book, The Gifts of Imperfection (2010) and the upcoming Wholehearted: Spiritual Adventures in Falling Apart, Growing Up, and Finding Joy ( 2011).Find out more about here here and read an excerpt from one of her books.
Watch and listen to her wonderful ideas about spirituality, addiction, humanness on this YouTube video:
