Svaha Spirit Series~The power of vulnerability
This talk by Brene Brown resonated deeply with me. It is the spark that ignited me to write Authentically Yours, earlier this month. Some lines that really stood out for me:
“Courage, the original definition of courage when it first came into the English language — it’s from the Latin word cor, meaning heart — and the original definition was to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart.”
“And so these folks had, very simply, the courage to be imperfect. They had the compassion to be kind to themselves first and then to others, because, as it turns out, we can’t practice compassion with other people if we can’t treat ourselves kindly. And the last was they had connection, and — this was the hard part — as a result of authenticity, they were willing to let go of who they thought they should be in order to be who they were, which you have to absolutely do that for connection. The other thing that they had in common was this.They fully embraced vulnerability. They believed that what made them vulnerable made them beautiful. They didn’t talk about vulnerability being comfortable, nor did they talk about it being excruciating — as I had heard it earlier in the shame interviewing. They just talked about it being necessary.”
Svaha!
4 Comments
Jane
Bonnie,
I enjoyed the video, found her interesting.
I truly believe if you trust in yourself all things will come to pass. I have tried to just use common sense in my life, “sometimes” that is enough. I just can’t over think many of life’s problems. Maybe I am just getting too old.xo
scott
very much enjoyed this, thanks for sharing. I could not agree more.
Tracy Westerholm
Timing is essential! This couldn’t have come at a more perfect time for me! I just had an Aha Moment watching this!
Soooo worth the 20 minutes, I felt giddy and glad she did speak for 20 minutes I was so interested and loved her voice and style of ‘story telling’.
‘Believe your worthy of love and belonging’ sigh 🙂 so true! I have spent the last 2 years coming to this conclusion!
~’let yourself be seen’
~’love with your whole heart’
~’practise gratitude and joy’
~’I am enough’
Very powerful speech for me as well Bonnie!
I will now continue to own the words that come out of my mouth and be authentic embracing the power of vulnerability!
Svaha! xo Love this!!!!
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