perfectly imperfect

So, what does Brene Brown say ...

She says vulnerability is scary and so ...
We numb
[instead, she says we should think about why and how we do this]
We make the uncertain certain
[instead, we should breathe through it ... stop trying to control and predict]
We pretend what we do doesn't impact other people
[sometimes we just need to say we're sorry... we'll fix it, or at least try]

I have been medicating with Pink lately, here's what she says...


What Brene Brown said in her TedTalk was that she discovered that there were these people she calls wholehearted... and she said this about these people:

"Courage -- ...comes from the Latin for the heart ... They told their stories with their whole hearts. They have the courage to be imperfect.

They show compassion to themselves first and then to others... turns out this is the only way we can do this...

Connection is a result of authenticity. They had to let go of who they thought they should be in order to be who they are.

Embraced vulnerability. Believed what made them vulnerable made them beautiful. Believed vulnerability is necessary. Breathe through... Invest and give and say how you feel without anything coming in return.

Letting go of controlling and predicting.

Vulnerability is the birthplace of joy creativity belonging and love."

You should listen to it for yourself, go back one day in this blog to find the link to the talk. But, I needed to have these tidbits somewhere I could see them without having to listen to the talk ...

Here's what she said we can do...
Let ourselves be seen

To love with our whole hearts even though we have no guarantees

Practice gratitude and joy in our moments of fear

Believe we are enough

I am pretty sure she is right about all of it. ;)