


Based on twelve years of research, she argues that vulnerability is not weakness, but rather our clearest path to courage, engagement, and meaningful connection. Brown challenges everything we think we know about vulnerability. Whether the arena is a new relationship, an important meeting, our creative process, or a difficult family conversation, we must find the courage to walk into vulnerability and engage with our whole hearts.

who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.” -Theodore RooseveltĮvery day we experience the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable, or to dare greatly. 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. “It is not the critic who counts not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. Brené Brown offers a powerful new vision that encourages us to dare greatly: to embrace vulnerability and imperfection, to live wholeheartedly, and to courageously engage in our lives.
