It was more like a medical researcher studying a disease and figuring out he or she has it.ĬP: You’ve got the credibility of your research, yet there’s something in your delivery that’s really opening people up.īB: I love how you frame that, because it’s helping me understand myself better. Everything that these folks are saying that they’re trying to move away from, like comparison, perfectionism, judgment and exhaustion as a status symbol - that all describes my life. I wasn’t really testing it on myself as much as I was learning from other people about what it meant to live and love with your whole heart, and then thinking, oh my god, I’m not doing that. I’d heard these messages before personally but I didn’t trust myself there. When those things and wholeheartedness started to emerge with all these different properties, I knew I had to listen. When I started learning all of these things about the value and the importance of belonging, vulnerability, connection, self-kindness and self-compassion, I trusted what I was learning - again, I know I’m a good researcher. The best way to explain it is that I trusted myself deeply as a professional, but I did not have a lot of self-trust personally. At what point did the researcher become the guinea pig, and how did that change your work, if at all?īB: I’m still a researcher. And so “tribe” and “belonging” are irreducible needs, like love.ĬP: You started as a researcher. I think connection is why we’re here, it’s what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and belonging is in our DNA.

The following is an excerpt from ORIGIN Magazine.Ĭhantal Pierrat: Does community help with the work of vulnerability? Does it help us to become more vulnerable?īrené Brown: I can’t even think of the right word, but it’s not “help.” It’s more like a prerequisite. Brené Brown on vulnerability, authenticity and being her own guinea pig.

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