Vulnerability

Check out Brene Brown's talk on the power of vulnerability. She's a researcher who spent years studying the link between vulnerability and connection, trying to transform the messy into neat and tidy. She tells the story of her process with relatable honesty and humor. While her findings aren't exactly new and probably make sense to us logically, the sticky point is, of course, in the doing. I feel like you have to embrace the fact that it's going to be scary and tough sometimes, or maybe always, to be vulnerable. Yet, no matter how hard I try to keep this in mind, I feel like I have a long ways to go. I may be fine with sharing my emotions and opening up in other ways, but showing vulnerability by asking for help or admitting imperfections is a whole other story! Resist, resist, resist. I don't need help! I'm tough...and perfect!

This talk was another valuable reminder of how the things that we often resist the most inside are exactly what we need to be challenging to create greater fulfillment in our lives. I feel like that's been one of my biggest life lessons so far. I needed that reminder today, and I hope you enjoy it, too.

P.S. One more paper to go, and winter quarter is dunzo!