Chapters 6 and 7 turn to education, the workplace, and families to explore how we can rehumanize our lives by embracing bravery and open heartedness rather than judgement, belittling, and shame. In Chapter 5, she shows how most people have a gap between their aspirational values and how they live their lives, and she documents several strategies to close this gap. She explores the armor that we build to prevent people from seeing our vulnerabilities in Chapter 4 this armor prevents us from connection and belonging. Chapter 3 establishes strategies to combat shame and build shame resilience. In Chapter 2, Brown dispels common myths around vulnerability to show that it is rooted in courage, not weakness. Instead, living courageously and being willing to fail will help us develop lives that have purpose and meaning. Brown argues that external markers of success will never make us feel happy or fill the emptiness we feel. The antidote to a scarcity mindset that is afraid of vulnerability is cultivating a sense of self-worth and the belief that you are enough. In Chapter 1, Brown shows that without embracing vulnerability, true connection and belonging-the main factors that motivate humans-remain out of reach. In this context, we associate vulnerability with weakness, and we wear emotional armor to prevent people from seeing our vulnerabilities. But Brené Brown is a queen when it comes to shedding some much-needed light on shame – a feeling that most of us spend a lot of time carrying around but never talk about.Brown believes that our society is rooted in a scarcity mindset characterized by anxiety and fear. If you’ve spent a little time in the self-help world, you’ve probably already heard of this one. If you’re struggling with perfectionism, fear of failure or holding yourself back – this episode is for you! I hope you enjoy this episode and it inspires you to pick up a copy of the book.

In this episode, I’m sharing the biggest lessons I learned from Daring Greatly and how I’m applying them to my life. I first read Daring Greatly by Brené Brown a couple of years ago and learned A LOT from it then, but when I found myself recommending the book to one of my readers I decided I’d read it too. She’s a shame and vulnerability researcher known for her powerful Ted Talks (particularly this one ), her best-selling books (like the one I talk about in this episode) and being adored by Oprah Winfrey (there’s no better qualification than that).

If you’ve spent any time in the personal development world I’d be surprised if you hadn’t heard of B rené Brown.

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