Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

But, um, but the drinking was like, it, it was just a way to showcase, like, my vulnerability.

And, um, uh, you know, it, it was really big around when, like, Daring Greatly, Brene Brown came out and it was all, and her TED Talk, and vulnerability, vulnerability, right? So it was, like, very on brand and on trend at the time.

So, um, you know, it was around this time that I was working with my sponsor and working with a therapist, and my sponsor said to me, like, "Hey, do you notice a lot of these amends have, like, stuff with your company involved, like, with your MLM involved? And just be careful when you're s- when you're telling these stories, like, the intention behind them," right? And for me, I knew my intention behind it was, "This makes me feel good.

This is what I'm supposed to do.

We've only had two people resign.

Another one that I'd like to add to that is Daring Greatly by Rene Brown, a book that talks about vulnerability and how to feel comfortable with shame.

And this was quite pivotal in the beginning stages of our business when we were, you know, shortly before leaving the business, we were living in Switzerland, having very nice, comfortable lives.

You know, I mean, our apartment was overlooking the Geneva, the Lake of Geneva.

Hello and welcome to Fully Booked with Alicia Crook.

Today I'm going to be sharing with you from one of my favourite books by Brene Brown called Daring Greatly.

It is about having the courage to be vulnerable and how that transforms the way we live, love, parent and lead and I'd insert run a business.

It's based around her 12 years of research and the quote, The Man in the Arena, by Theodore Roosevelt, the speech from Sorbonne Paris in April 23, 1910.

It's not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strongman stumbles, or whether doer of deeds could have done better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs, who comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming.

but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold, timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." And I think that's why the idea of being in the arena resonates with me so much.

Because if you're a therapist running your own practice, you're already in the arena, even a therapist practicing your incredible work that you do.

Remember that feeling of pure joy when you were a kid, completely absorbed in the moment? Toli helps you recapture that sense of wonder and presence.

For those who are looking to boost their confidence and self-esteem, I highly recommend Daring Greatly by Brene Brown.

This book is all about embracing vulnerability, stepping outside your comfort zone, and living a wholehearted life.

Brown argues that true courage isn't the absence of fear, but rather the willingness to show up despite it.

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About a week ago, I stumbled across a book called Daring Greatly by Brené Brown.

I found it packed away in the robe of a downstairs bedroom where I'd been temporarily storing books during my house renovation.

I'd always meant to read it, but vulnerability sounded like a pretty heavy subject and I was never motivated enough to pick it up.

So it sat there for years.

Then last week, I found it again.

I started reading and discovered that the title Daring Greatly came from a speech delivered by former American President Theodore Roosevelt in Paris in 1910.

The speech was called Citizenship in a Republic, but one passage became famous as The Man in the Arena.

Just one, one book.

Okay, I'm going to go with Daring Greatly by Brene Brown.

So this is not inherently EMS related, but on the whole topic of vulnerability and courage, it addresses all of that.

And I'm going to cheat a little and say a second one.

Yeah

... "Daring Greatly" and the, uh, "The Gifts of Imperfection." So she's a really, um, high-quality qualitative researcher, and she can a- like afford to do that insane number that you just referenced now.

Insane.

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