Lovely mail

Most of the time, our mail consists of unwanted advertisements. Today however, the mail was nice: postcards from family traveling to Thailand, and a surprise from step-mom - a book by Brene Brown.

Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past ten years studying vulnerability, courage, authenticity, and shame. She spent the first five years of her decade-long study focusing on shame and empathy, and is now using that work to explore a concept that she calls Wholeheartedness. She poses the questions:

How do we learn to embrace our vulnerabilities and imperfections so that we can engage in our lives from a place of authenticity and worthiness? How do we cultivate the courage, compassion, and connection that we need to recognize that we are enough - that we are worthy of love, belonging, and joy?

Here is a talk by her from TED titled Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability