{"id":6128,"date":"2013-11-19T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T14:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manyvoices.soundstrue.com\/manyvoices\/?p=1775"},"modified":"2020-04-07T19:35:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T19:35:15","slug":"brene-brown-embracing-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/blog\/brene-brown-embracing-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"Bren\u00e9 Brown on Embracing Vulnerability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cYou cannot access empathy if you\u2019re not willing to be vulnerable.\u201d What a rich and evocative statement from our friend and Sounds True author&nbsp;<a title=\"About Brene Brown\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soundstrue.com\/shop\/authors\/Brene_Brown?component=coursesevents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bren\u00e9 Brown<\/a>.&nbsp;There is such a deeply-rooted pull to move toward those emotional-states that we identify as \u201cpositive\u201d or \u201clight\u201d or \u201cspiritual\u201d \u2013 along with a counter move away from those \u201cdarker\u201d or challenging and exposing emotions such as vulnerability, sadness, and grief. But, as Bren\u00e9 reminds us, vulnerability is the ground of all of the so-called positive emotional states, including those of love, joy, and belonging.<\/p>\n<p>When we can allow ourselves to be naked, exposed, to be profoundly touched by whatever appears, we can meet this life \u2013 and the sweet, beautiful heart of another \u2013 in the most precious way. It is in this turning into the immediacy of our experience, in a truly embodied way, that we come to discover the many fruits of this sacred world. There are times, of course, when doing so is not easy, when it takes everything we have (and more), and feels completely counter-instinctual. 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