Brené Brown is a researcher and storyteller who discusses vulnerability, shame, and courage. She argues that embracing vulnerability is key to living an authentic life and forming deep connections with others. Brown believes people should let themselves be deeply seen with their whole hearts, love without guarantees, and stop numbing emotions like vulnerability, which is part of being alive.

1. Brené Brown
“The best way to live is to embrace vulnerability
and to stop trying to control and predict what
happens in your life.” Brené Brown
The Power of Vulnerability
Changing Perceptions

2. Qualitative Researcher or Storyteller?
An event manager called Ms. Brown wondering
what they should call her in the newspaper for
the event she had scheduled. The event
manager called up Ms. Brown and said they did
not want to call her a researcher in fear that no
one would show up to her conference. The
woman then asked her if she could call Ms.
Brown a storyteller, as a way to get more
publicity, and Ms. Brown thinks to herself “why
not just call me a pixie”

3. Intriguing Isn’t It?
• Ms. Brené Brown brings information to the table
in a informative and unique way, she keeps you
on the edge of your seat. Anticipation is her best
storytelling quality.
• Brené has a very positive attitude, she uses a lot
of dynamic in her voice, and knows exactly when
to use it.
• She has a way of keeping you focused on the
topic she is informing you about because she is
well taught on the subject.

4. Lean Into the Discomfort
• Connection gives purpose and meaning to the
lives of everyone; neurobiologically it’s how
we are wired
• In order to allow connection to be truly
established we have to show people who we
really are and embrace vulnerability
• Whole hearted people live with a strong sense
of worthiness

5. Shame
• Shame unravels connection, shows the fear of
disconnection
• Boils down to two things
1. People who have a strong sense of belonging
believe they are worthy of love and belonging
2. People who have a weak sense of belonging
believe they are not worthy of love and
belonging
• Vulnerability is the core of shame, fear, and our
struggle for worthiness but it is also the
birthplace of joy, creativity, belonging, and love.

6. Courage
• To be able to tell who you are with your whole
heart
• Willingness to let go of who you should be and
to show people who you really are
• Embrace Vulnerability

7. Can we Embrace Vulnerability?
• Our generation numbs vulnerability; you can
not selectively numb emotions, numbing
some means numbing them all
• The more afraid we are, the more vulnerable
we are, the more afraid we are

8. Examples of Numbness in our Society
• Religion, once a question of faith and mystery has
now been made certain by people scared to
embrace the unklnown. They use I’m right you’re
wrong as a way of defending their beliefs.
• Politics has lost its conversational appeal and
gone straight towards tossing blame on the other
party instead of cooperating and making the
world better
• We use blame as a way to discharge pain and
discomfort, somewhat like pain pills.

9. Stop
• Trying to perfect things like your figures and your
children. Your job as parents is to say “ you’re
perfect and you are wired for struggle, but you
are worthy of love and belonging.”
• Pretending like what you do has no effect or
impact on other people
• Faking authenticity in your apologies, show that
you are capable of Embracing Vulnerability and
don’t mask the pain your emotions create

10. What We Should Do
• Let ourselves be seen, deeply seen, vulnerably seen
• Love with our whole Hearts even though there is no
guarantees
• To practice gratitude and joy in moments of wonder
and terror
• Become vulnerable for it means you are alive
• Believe that you are enough
• Stop screaming and start listening, if we are kind and
gentler to ourselves, we are kind and gentler to the
people around us

11. Brené Brown Sir Ken Robinson
• Has a good dynamism • Uses very powerful dynamism
• Has relevent information • Has relevant information and
that keeps listeners keeps you intrigued
intrigued. • Is concerned about our future
as well as the future of our kids
• Uses her body launguage
• Has real world applicable
as a way to convey how she information
is feeling and relays her • Stays on topic and uses stories
feelings to others well from his own life to keep you
laughing