Home Actress Brené Brown HD Instagram Photos and Wallpapers October 2022 Brené Brown Instagram - Our first podcast back. Topic: Shaking shit out of trees. Missed y’all. ABK ❤️👊🏼❤️

Brené Brown Instagram – Our first podcast back. Topic: Shaking shit out of trees. Missed y’all. ABK ❤️👊🏼❤️

Brené Brown Instagram - Our first podcast back. Topic: Shaking shit out of trees. Missed y’all. ABK ❤️👊🏼❤️

Brené Brown Instagram – Our first podcast back.
Topic: Shaking shit out of trees.

Missed y’all.

ABK ❤️👊🏼❤️ | Posted on 21/Sep/2022 19:11:22

Brené Brown Instagram – Drs. John and Julie Gottman are out with a new book—“The Love Prescription: Seven Days to More Intimacy, Connection, and Joy”—and have graciously agreed to join me on the next two episodes of “Unlocking Us.” (Bonus: Ashley, Barrett, and I will then sit down for a third episode in this series, on October 12, to break down what we’ve learned.)

Sharing a huge learning from the book about what happens when we focus on what’s wrong:

“Here’s what happens in distressed relationships, over and over: We all have needs. We all have valid desires. But we don’t say them. We drop hints. We suggest. We stay safely in the shadows. We hope our partners will ‘just know.’

“We tell ourselves a story about why they should be able to figure it out without us having to say it (‘It’s obvious! It’s just common sense!’), and we believe it. Then, when our partners fail to magically fulfill those needs, we feel resentful. We begin to believe that our partners don’t care, are thinking only about themselves, are too busy for us, or no longer value the relationship as they once did.

“And so we criticize them. ‘You always.’ ‘You never.’ These red flag phrases alert us that a couple is in shaky territory: the negative perspective might be starting to set in.

“They’re scanning for what’s wrong, and losing the capacity to notice what’s right.

“And the end result is criticism, which is when we take aim at who someone fundamentally is, instead of distinguishing between the person and the action.”

Join us for these podcasts on #UnlockingUs—they’re direct, honest, and actionable!
Brené Brown Instagram – “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.” —Viktor Frankl

If you wrote this quote as a formula, it might look like this: S( )R.

This week, I’m celebrating 26 years of sobriety. Before I got sober, there was no space at all between the S and the R. Something happened, someone did or said something, and I’d come out swinging or fearing or worrying or apologizing. I responded in a way that led to more stacked stimuli and responses. There was very little growth and very little freedom.

I’ve learned to pry open that space over the past 26 years. Breath, curiosity, better sleep, working out, intention, therapy, prayer—I’ve learned to practice what Buddhists call the sacred pause.

But the past two years have taken a toll, and now it’s time for a serious recommitment to creating and maintaining space. For me, this includes a three-month sabbatical, a break in podcasting and social media, and making sure our team takes time away. You can read more on the website.

In one of the best speeches I’ve ever heard, actress, screenwriter, director, and producer Michaela Coel said, “Do not be afraid to disappear, from it, from us, for a while and see what comes to you in the silence.” I’m a big fan of silence. I can’t wait!

We set audacious goals in our organization—like “Start global conversations about shame and vulnerability”—but this might be our boldest move yet.

We’ll be back this fall. Rested and ready for our next audacious goal. You can follow the link in profile to read more about our break. 
Stay awkward, brave, and kind,
BB

P.S. The stimulus/response quote has a long and unknown history. We know it’s not Stephen Covey (per him). Many scholars think it’s Viktor Frankl. You can read more in the post on brenebrown.com.

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