Brené Brown describes herself as a fifth-generation Texan from a family marked by dysfunction.
“I would say that I'm a fifth-generation Texan. I came from a fair amount of dysfunction.”
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Brené Brown
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Brené Brown says she and her husband Steve have been together for 38 years.
“And we've been together now for 38 years.”
Brené Brown says that six months into her marriage she went to a therapist and said she could not continue.
“six months after we were married, I went to go see a therapist and I said, I cannot do this.”
Brené Brown says she dated her husband off and on for seven years before they married.
“we had dated off and on for seven years before we got married.”
Brené Brown's book Atlas of the Heart covers 87 emotions she considers important to understand.
“in Atlas of the Heart, I write about 87 emotions that I think are important to understand.”
Brené Brown says her research found that the average person can accurately name only three emotions.
“in our research over the last 15 years, we found the average person can accurately identify and name three emotions.”
Brené Brown says she graduated from college at age 29.
“I graduated from college when I was twenty-nine.”
Brené Brown says people who use 'power over' believe power is finite and must be hoarded.
“People who use power over work from a belief system that power is finite, like pizza.”
Brené Brown says Trevor Noah challenged her call for 'cognitive sovereignty', arguing that people's personalized 'for you' feeds are already too sovereign.
“Um, and he's funny, but he said, No, we need less cognitive sovereignty, Brené.”
Brené Brown recounts that Steve Jobs said his children did not have an iPad.
“it's like when they asked Steve Jobs, Boy, your kids must love the iPad. Steve Jobs said, My kids don't have an iPad.”
Brené Brown says that in the Rivers of London book series, Teddington Lock outside London is where custody of the Thames changes between two river gods, and she visited it.
“And the Teddington lock is where, right outside of London, in Teddington, is where custody changes for them.”
Brené Brown says a quarterback's pocket presence is the ability to use the roughly 2.8 to 3 seconds before pressure arrives to read the field and decide.
“And pocket presence is the ability of a quarterback to use the on average 2.8 to three seconds he has to read the field, understand where the defenders are, and make a decision.”
Brené Brown says her own podcast launched and became very big during Covid, which shaped her view of platform responsibility.
“I think I launched the podcast and it became very big during Covid.”
Brené Brown says she asked soldiers at Fort Bragg for an example of courage that did not involve vulnerability, and none could give one.
“it took a trip to Fort Bragg, working with special forces, to ask soldiers a question.”
Brené Brown says she asked Seattle Seahawks players the same courage question the week after Fort Bragg and got the same answer.
“the next week after the trip to Fort Bragg, I was with with Seattle Seahawks, the football team, NFL team.”
Brené Brown says her four skill sets of courage emerged from grounded theory research about 15 years ago.
“this was research that emerged like 15 years ago, and I was really, really nervous.”
Brené Brown says her courage-skills work has been taught to 165,000 people across 45 countries, with data collected on it.
“We've taken 165,000 people through this work across 45 countries, collected data on all of it.”
Brené Brown says the marble jar idea came from her daughter Ellen's fourth-grade teacher, Mrs. Baugham, who used a marble jar to reward the class.
“And her teacher at the time, Mrs. Baugham, had a mar a marble jar.”
Brené Brown says the Gottmans' research holds that trust is earned in small moments every day.
“I read right off the bat where Gottman's say trust is earned in small moments every day.”
Brené Brown says her mother died on Christmas Day after four years of dementia, with Brown and her sisters as primary caregivers.
“My mom died on Christmas Day after my sisters and I were th- her primary caregiver for four years with dementia.”