Brené Brown

Brené Brown.

Brené Brown PhD LMSW is a research professor at the University of Houston where she holds the Huffington Foundation-Brene Brown Endowed Chair at the Graduate College of Social Work.

She has spend over two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy and is the author of five (or more) #1 New York Times bestsellers:

  • Atlas Of the Heart (2021)
  • Dare To Lead (2018)
  • Braving the Wilderness (2017)
  • Rising Strong (2015)
  • Daring Greatly (2012)
  • The Gifts of Imperfection (2010)
Her TED talk - "The Power of Vulnerability" - is one of the top five most-viewed TED talks in the world with more than thirty-five million views. 

The author of this blog has called on the following books in print and audio form to examine leadership and relationship success and failure found in their sphere of life:
  • Atlas Of the Heart (2021)
  • Dare To Lead (2018)
  • Braving the Wilderness (2017)
  • Rising Strong (2015)
  • The Gifts of Imperfection (2010)
  • Various podcasts and videos including the "Power of Vulnerability"

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