I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity, to name a few. ✨ Living Brave. Interview with Mary Sykes Wylie, Rich Simon, www.psychotherapynetworker.org. September, 2016.
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- How can we embrace rest and play if we've tied our self-worth to what we produce? ✨ Brené Brown: The Courage to Be Vulnerable. On Being with Krista Tippett, onbeing.org. January 29, 2015.
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- When we lose our tolerance for vulnerability, joy becomes foreboding. ✨ Dr. Brene Brown: Joy Is 'The Most Terrifying, Difficult Emotion’, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2013.
- Vulnerability is not about fear and grief and disappointment; it is the birthplace of everything we're hungry for.
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