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'''Casandra Brené Brown''' (born November 18, 1965) is an American academic and [[podcast]]er who is the Huffington Foundation's Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the [[University of Houston]]'s Graduate College of Social Work and a visiting professor in management at the [[McCombs School of Business]] in the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. Brown is known for her work on [[shame]], [[vulnerability]], and [[leadership]], and for her widely viewed 2010 [[TEDx (conference)|TEDx talk]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 Oct 2010 |title=The power of vulnerability |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability |website=TED}}</ref> She has written six number-one [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' bestselling books]] and hosted two podcasts on [[Spotify]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carman |first=Ashley |date=6 Jan 2023 |title=Spotify Ends Two Exclusive Shows Amid Podcasting Shakeout |work=Bloomberg |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-01-05/spotify-ends-two-exclusive-shows-amid-podcasting-shakeout}}</ref>


She appears in the 2019 [[Documentary film|documentary]] ''[[Brené Brown: The Call to Courage]]'' on [[Netflix]]''.'' In 2022, [[HBO Max]] released a documentary series based on her book ''[[Atlas of the Heart]].''
'''Brené Brown''', Ph.D., LMSW is a research professor at the [[University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work]].<ref>[http://www.sw.uh.edu/faculty/cbrown.php University of Houston profile]</ref> Her topics of study include vulnerability, courage, authenticity, and shame. Her work has been featured on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]], [[NPR]], [[TED (conference)|TED]] and [[CNN]]. <ref>[http://kuht2.uh.edu/joomla_livingsmart/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59:brene-brown-404&catid=1:ak PBS], [http://archive.kcur.org/kcurViewDirect.asp?PlaylistID=7597 NPR]</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/11/01/give.up.perfection/index.html?hpt=C2 CNN]</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Background==
Brown was born on November 18, 1965,<ref name="Public Records">{{cite web |title=U.S. Public Records Index |url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDS8-6XG |author=Texas Birth Index |year=2002 |publisher=Family Search |access-date=July 11, 2017}}</ref> in [[San Antonio|San Antonio, Texas]], where her parents, Charles Arthur Brown and Casandra Deanne Rogers,<ref name="Public Records"/> had her baptized in the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]]. She is the eldest of four children.<ref name="About">{{Cite web|title=About|url=https://brenebrown.com/about/|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Brené Brown|language=en}}</ref> Her family then moved to [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]].<ref name="NOLABrown">{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Brené|title=The Gifts of Imperfection|date=2010|publisher=Hazelden|location=Center City, Minnesota|isbn=978-1-59285-849-1|page=93}}<!--|access-date=17 May 2015--></ref>
Brown’s current research focuses on authentic leadership and wholeheartedness in families, schools, and organizations and has been the and the subject of a [[TED (conference)|TED]] talk (2012) and two 2010 [[TED (conference)|TEDx]] talks (2010) <ref>[http://tedxhouston.com/about-2010-speakers.php TEDx Houston]</ref> <ref>[http://www.livestream.com/tedxkc/video?clipId=pla_ee7b7e83-9020-44f8-9c4f-e06e3b414c3c&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb Kansas City]</ref> <ref>[http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame.html TED talk "Listening to shame"]. March 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.speakersoffice.com/pdf/BB%20Bio.pdf Brené Brown's Biography]</ref>


Brown completed a Bachelor of [[Social work|Social Work]] degree at the [[University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work|University of Texas at Austin]] in 1995, a [[Master of Social Work]] degree in 1996,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uh.edu/socialwork/about/faculty-directory/b-brown/index|title=Brené Brown|website=uh.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-02-27}}</ref> and a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] degree in social work at the [[University of Houston]] Graduate School of Social Work in 2002.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.inc.com/magazine/201810/maria-aspan/brene-brown-leadership-consultant-research.html|title=How This Leadership Researcher Became the Secret Weapon for Oprah, Pixar, IBM, and Melinda Gates|date=2018-09-19|website=Inc.com|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref>
Brown is the author of ''I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t): Telling the Truth About Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power'' (Penguin/Gotham, 2007), ''The Gifts of Imperfection: Letting Go of Who We Think We Should Be and Embracing Who We Are'' (Hazelden, 2010) and ''Wholehearted: Spiritual Adventures in Falling Apart, Growing Up, and Finding Joy'' (Hazelden, 2011). She is also the author of ''Connections'', a psychoeducational shame resilience curriculum. Her articles have appeared in many national newspapers.<ref name="Gifts of Imperfection">Brown, B. (2010). ''The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are.'' Center City, MN: Hazelden.</ref>


==Career==
''Houston Women's Magazine'' voted her one of the most influential women of 2009.<ref Name="Gifts of Imperfection">[http://www.houstonwomanmagazine.com/fifty.htm Houston's 50 Most Influential Women for 2009], ''Houston Women's Magazine''</ref>

=== Research and teaching ===
== Publications ==
Brown has studied the topics of courage, vulnerability, shame, empathy, and leadership, which she has used to look at human connection and how it works.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|date=2021-11-28|title=Oprah and Brené Brown on Cultivating Connection|url=https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/relationships-love/a38325192/oprah-brene-brown-interview-connections-intention/|access-date=2021-12-30|website=Oprah Daily|language=en-US}}</ref> She has spent her research career as a professor at her alma mater, the [[University of Houston]]'s Graduate College of Social Work.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/12/your-money/12shortcuts.html "Tiptoeing Out of One's Comfort Zone (and of Course, Back In)"]. Interview with Brown, ''New York Times'' February 11, 2011.</ref>
* Brown, B. (2010) ''The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are''. Center City, MN: Hazelden.<ref name="Gifts of Imperfection" />

* Brown, B. (2009). ''Connections: A 12-Session Psychoeducational Shame-Resilience Curriculum''. Center City, MN: Hazelden.<ref name="Gifts of Imperfection" />
=== Public speaking ===
* Brown, B. (2007). ''I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Telling the Truth About Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power''. New York:Penguin/Gotham.<ref name="Brown CV">[http://www.brenebrown.com/curriculum-vitae/ Brown, B. (2008). Profile]</ref>
Brown's TEDx talk from Houston in 2010, "The Power of Vulnerability", is one of the five most viewed TED talks. Its popularity shifted her work from relative obscurity in academia into the mainstream spotlight.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2010-06-01|title=Brené Brown TEDxHouston, The power of vulnerability|url=https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability|website=TED}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The most popular talks of all time|url=https://www.ted.com/playlists/171/the_most_popular_talks_of_all|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-30|website=TED|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808150749/http://www.ted.com/playlists/171/the_most_popular_talks_of_all |archive-date=August 8, 2014 }}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Cadwalladr|first=Carole|date=2015-11-22|title=Brené Brown: 'People will find a million reasons to tear your work down'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/22/brene-brown-vulnerable-dont-suggest-she-is-peddling-self-help|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-30|website=[[The Guardian]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122144608/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/nov/22/brene-brown-vulnerable-dont-suggest-she-is-peddling-self-help |archive-date=November 22, 2015 }}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news|last=Ugwu|first=Reggie|date=2020-04-24|title=Brené Brown Is Rooting for You, Especially Now|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/arts/brene-brown-podcast-virus.html|access-date=2021-12-30|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The talk "summarizes a decade of Brown's research on shame, framing her weightiest discoveries in self-deprecating and personal terms."<ref name=":6"/> Reggie Ugwu for ''[[The New York Times]]'' said that this event gave the world "a new star of social psychology."<ref name=":6"/> She went on to follow this popular TED talk with another titled "Listening to Shame" in 2012. In the second talk she talks about how her life has changed since the first talk and explains the connection between shame and vulnerability, building on the thesis of her first TED talk.<ref name=":2">[http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame.html TED talk "Listening to shame" – Brené Brown] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301072135/http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame.html |date=March 1, 2014 }}. March 2012</ref>
* Brown, B. (2007). ''Feminist Standpoint Theory''. In S.P.Robbins, P.Chatterjee & E.R.Canda (Eds.), ''Contemporary human behavior theory: A critical perspective for social work'' (Rev. ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.<ref name="Brown CV" />

* Brown, B. (2007). ''Shame Resilience Theory''. In S.P.Robbins, P.Chatterjee & E.R.Canda (Eds.), Contemporary human behavior theory: A critical perspective for social work (Rev. ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.<ref name="Brown CV" />
She also has a less well-known talk from 2010 given at TEDxKC titled "The Price of Invulnerability." In it she explains that when numbing hard and difficult feelings, essentially feeling vulnerable, we also numb positive emotions, like joy.<ref>{{Citation|title=The price of invulnerability: Brené Brown at TEDxKC| date=October 12, 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UoMXF73j0c|language=en|access-date=2021-12-30}}</ref> This led to the creation of her filmed lecture, ''[[Brené Brown: The Call to Courage]]'', which debuted on [[Netflix]] in 2019.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Jensen|first=Erin|title=5 takeaways on vulnerability from Brené Brown's 'The Call To Courage'|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2019/04/19/brene-brown-call-courage-netflix-vulnerability/3497969002/|access-date=2021-12-30|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'' called it "a mix of a motivational speech and stand-up comedy special."<ref name=":0"/> Brown discusses how and why to choose courage over comfort, equating being brave to being vulnerable. According to her research, doing this opens people to love, joy, and belonging by allowing them to better know themselves and more deeply connect with other people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bridges|first=Frances|title=5 Ways To Be Brave According To Brené Brown's Netflix Special 'The Call To Courage'|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/francesbridges/2019/04/29/5-ways-to-be-brave-according-to-brene-browns-netflix-special-the-call-to-courage/|access-date=2021-12-30|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>

Brown regularly works as a public speaker at private events and businesses, such as at [[Alain de Botton]]'s [[The School of Life|School of Life]]<ref name=":5" /> and at [[Google]] and [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]].<ref name=":6"/>

=== Writing ===
She is, as of 2021, the author of six number-one ''New York Times'' bestsellers: ''The Gifts of Imperfection'', ''[[Daring Greatly]]'', ''Rising Strong'', ''Braving the Wilderness'', ''Dare to Lead'', and ''[[Atlas of the Heart]]''. She discussed ''Daring Greatly'' with [[Oprah Winfrey]] on ''[[Super Soul Sunday]]'' in March 2013.<ref>{{cite web|date=2013-11-03|title=Dr. Brené Brown on Daring Greatly|url=http://www.oprah.com/own-supersoulsunday/blogs/Coming-Up-Sunday-Dr-Bren233-Brown-on-Daring-Greatly|publisher=OWN}}</ref> The book's title comes from a 1910 [[Theodore Roosevelt]] speech, "[[Citizenship in a Republic]]", given at the [[Sorbonne (building)|Sorbonne]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web|last=Schawbel|first=Dan|date=2013-04-21|title=Brene Brown: How Vulnerability Can Make Our Lives Better|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danschawbel/2013/04/21/brene-brown-how-vulnerability-can-make-our-lives-better/2/|access-date=2013-09-16|work=Forbes}}</ref> Her most recent work, ''Atlas of the Heart'', was published in November 2021, with the goal of helping readers expand their emotional vocabulary—the language they have to communicate their feelings.<ref name=":7"/>

Brown wrote a chapter of advice in [[Tim Ferriss]]' book ''[[Tools of Titans]]''. With [[Tarana Burke]], she co-created ''You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience'', an anthology of essays by Black individuals discussing the trauma of white supremacy as well as the experiences of Black love and Black life.

Her 2024 essay titled “Not Looking Away: Thoughts on the Israel-Hamas War" was criticized for being too "corporate-friendly" and maintained a privileged point of view that ignored aspects of [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] people's existence under [[Israeli-occupied territories|Israeli occupation.]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-21 |title=Why Brené Brown's Gospel of Vulnerability Fails the World's Most Vulnerable |url=https://lithub.com/why-brene-browns-gospel-of-vulnerability-fails-the-worlds-most-vulnerable/ |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Literary Hub |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Podcasting ===
In 2020, Brown began hosting the ''Unlocking Us'' and ''Dare to Lead'' podcasts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/brene-brown-signs-exclusive-podcast-deal-with-spotify-exclusive-4065803/|title=Brené Brown Signs Exclusive Podcast Deal With Spotify (Exclusive)|author=Natalie Jarvey|date=September 23, 2020|publisher= The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate=2021-10-09}}</ref> ''[[Unlocking Us]]'' alternates between interviews with guests and solo episodes where Brown talks alone, directly to listeners. In solo episodes, she tells stories from her life, explains learnings from her research, and supplements it with summaries of other related social science work. Interview guests have included grief expert [[David Kessler (writer)|David Kessler]], singer [[Alicia Keys]], writer [[Glennon Doyle]], and activist Tarana Burke who started the [[Me Too movement]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-22|title=Brené Brown's Unlocking Us Has Arrived at the Right Time|url=https://podcastreview.org/review/brene-brown-unlocking-us/|access-date=2021-12-30|website=Podcast Review|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2022, Brown's interview with [[Debbie Millman]] was featured on the ''[[Storybound]]'' season 5 premiere.

=== Other work ===
Brown is CEO of "The Daring Way", a professional training and certification program on the topics of vulnerability, courage, shame, and empathy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thedaringway.com/about/|title=About - The Daring Way|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106032750/http://thedaringway.com/about/|archive-date=2016-11-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> She appeared as herself in the movie [[Wine Country (film)|''Wine Country'']].<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Schwartz|first=Brie|date=2019-05-09|title=Brené Brown Makes an Unexpected and Hilarious Appearance in Wine Country|url=https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/tv-movies/a27423282/netflix-wine-country-brene-brown-cameo/|access-date=2021-12-30|website=Oprah Daily|language=en-US}}</ref> Her five-part docuseries, ''Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart'', was released on [[HBO Max]] in 2022.<ref name="Budowski 2022">{{cite web | last=Budowski | first=Jade | title=Stream It Or Skip It: 'Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart' On HBO Max, Where the Best-Selling Author Teaches Us How to Connect with Each Other (And Ourselves) | website=Decider | date=2022-04-01 | url=https://decider.com/2022/03/31/brene-brown-atlas-of-the-heart-hbo-max-review/ | access-date=2022-04-06}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Brown and her husband, Steve Alley, have two children.<ref name="About"/> The family lives in [[Houston|Houston, Texas]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Elliott|first=Amber|date=2016-04-13|title=Brené Brown surprises lunchgoers with generous donation|url=https://www.chron.com/life/society/article/Brene-Brown-surprises-luncheon-with-generous-7246636.php|access-date=2019-01-24|website=Houston Chronicle}}</ref>

Though she was baptized in the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]], her family raised her as a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Lisa Capretto OWN|date=2015-10-16|title=Why Brené Brown 'abandoned' the church - and why she went back|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brene-brown-church_us_56200e7be4b069b4e1fb6e7a|access-date=2017-02-15|publisher=Huffington Post}}</ref> She later left the Catholic Church and returned to the Episcopal community with her husband and children two decades later.

Brown revealed past addictions to alcohol, smoking, emotional eating and control (she often speaks about the positive impact of her decision to stop drinking and smoking on May 12, 1996, one day after her master's program graduation).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Brené|date=2019-05-31|title=What Being Sober Has Meant to Me|url=https://brenebrown.com/blog/2019/05/31/what-being-sober-has-meant-to-me/|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Brené Brown|language=en}}</ref>

== Selected works ==
* ''Women & Shame: Reaching Out, Speaking Truths And Building Connection'', 3C Press, ISBN 9780975425237 (2005)
* "Feminist Standpoint Theory" and "Shame Resilience Theory." In S. P. Robbins, P. Chatterjee & E. R. Canda (Eds.), ''Contemporary human behavior theory: A Critical Perspective for Social Work''. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. 560 pp. {{ISBN|978-0-13-477926-3}} Published 2007.
* ''I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn't): Telling the Truth About Perfectionism, Inadequacy and Power''. Avery. 336 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-59240-335-6}} (2007)
* ''Connections: A 12-Session Psychoeducational Shame-Resilience Curriculum''. Center City, MN: Hazelden. {{ISBN|978-1-59285-742-5}} (2009)
* ''The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are''. Center City, MN: Hazelden. 160 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-59285-849-1}} (2010)
* ''Men, Women and Worthiness: The Experience of Shame and the Power of Being Enough'', Sounds true INC International Concepts, {{ISBN|978-1-604078510}}, (2012)
* ''[[Daring Greatly|Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead]]''. New York City: Gotham. 320 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-59240-841-2}} (2012)
* ''The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting: Raising Children with Courage, Compassion, and Connection'', Sounds true INC International Concepts, {{ISBN|9781604079739}} (2013)
* ''Rising Strong: The Reckoning, the Rumble, the Revolution''. [[Spiegel & Grau]], now Random House. 352 pp. {{ISBN|978-0-8129-8580-1}} (2015)
* ''Rising Strong as a Spiritual Practice,'' Sounds true INC International Concepts, {{ISBN|9781622037810}}, (2017)
* ''Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone.'' Random House. 208 pp. {{ISBN|978-0-8129-8581-8}} (2017)
* ''Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.'' Random House. 320 pp. {{ISBN|978-0-399-59252-2}} (2018)
* ''The Gifts of Imperfection'' (10th Anniversary Edition). 256 pp. {{ISBN|0-593-13358-7}} (2020)
* ''[[Atlas of the Heart]].'' Random House. 336pp. {{ISBN|978-0-399-59255-3}} (2021)

==Honors and awards==
In 2009 ''Houston Woman Magazine'' voted Brown one of the city's most influential women.<ref Name="Gifts of Imperfection2">[http://www.houstonwomanmagazine.com/fifty.htm Houston's 50 Most Influential Women for 2009], ''Houston Women's Magazine'' {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411033543/http://www.houstonwomanmagazine.com/fifty.htm |date=April 11, 2009 }}</ref> She has also received teaching awards, including the Graduate College of Social Work's Outstanding Faculty Award.<ref name=hazeldon_bio>{{cite web|title=Brene Brown|url=http://www.hazelden.org/web/public/brenebrown.page|publisher=Hazeldon|access-date=6 March 2014}}</ref> In 2016, the Huffington Foundation pledged $2 million over four years to endow a research chair in her name at the Graduate College of Social Work, where she guides the training of social work students in [[grounded theory]] methodology and in her research into vulnerability, courage, shame, and empathy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uh.edu/news-events/stories/2016/February/24BreneBrownEndowment.php|title=Huffington Foundation Endows Chair for Brené Brown, Social Work Researcher, Author of 'Daring Greatly'|website=uh.edu|access-date=2016-09-20}}</ref> In 2021, her podcast [[Unlocking Us]] won the [[IHeartRadio Podcast Awards|iHeartRadio Podcast Award]] for Best Advice or Inspirational Podcast.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards: Full List of Winners |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2021-01-21-2021-iheartradio-podcast-awards-full-list-of-winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405224723/https://www.iheart.com/content/2021-01-21-2021-iheartradio-podcast-awards-full-list-of-winners/ |archive-date=April 5, 2022 |access-date=April 20, 2022 |website=iHeart |language=en}}</ref> In 2022, her book [[Atlas of the Heart]] won the [[Goodreads Choice Awards|Goodreads Choice award]] for Best Nonfiction.<ref>{{cite web |title=Best Nonfiction |url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-nonfiction-books-2022 |website=Goodreads |access-date=December 9, 2022}}</ref>


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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [http://www.brenebrown.com/welcome Brené Brown biography] on her official website
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* [http://www.sw.uh.edu/faculty/cbrown.php Brené Brown biography] on the University of Houston, Graduate College of Social Work website
* [https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability Brené Brown's TED Talk on The Power of Vulnerability.]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/12/your-money/12shortcuts.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Bren%C3%A9%20Brown&st=cse "Tiptoeing Out of One’s Comfort Zone (and of Course, Back In)"]. Interview with Brown, ''New York Times'' February 11, 2011
* {{cite web |title=Brené Brown, Faculty Profile |url=http://www.uh.edu/socialwork/about/faculty-directory/b-brown/ |publisher=[[University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work]] }}
* [http://www.smartpeoplepodcast.com/2012/01/15/episode-45-brene-brown/ Smart People Podcast interviews Dr. Brene Brown] January 2012

* [http://kuht2.uh.edu/joomla_livingsmart/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59:brene-brown-404&catid=1:ak Living Smart with Patricia Gras]
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Brené Brown
Brown in 2012
Born
Casandra Brené Brown

(1965-11-18) November 18, 1965 (age 59)
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Occupations
  • Clinical Social Worker
  • academic
  • public speaker
Spouse
Steve Alley
​
(m. 1994)​
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisAcompañar: A Grounded Theory of Developing, Maintaining and Assessing Relevance in Professional Helping[1] (2002)
Academic work
DisciplineSocial work
InstitutionsUniversity of Houston
Websitebrenebrown.com

Casandra Brené Brown (born November 18, 1965) is an American academic and podcaster who is the Huffington Foundation's Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the University of Houston's Graduate College of Social Work and a visiting professor in management at the McCombs School of Business in the University of Texas at Austin. Brown is known for her work on shame, vulnerability, and leadership, and for her widely viewed 2010 TEDx talk.[2] She has written six number-one New York Times bestselling books and hosted two podcasts on Spotify.[3]

She appears in the 2019 documentary Brené Brown: The Call to Courage on Netflix. In 2022, HBO Max released a documentary series based on her book Atlas of the Heart.

Early life and education

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Brown was born on November 18, 1965,[4] in San Antonio, Texas, where her parents, Charles Arthur Brown and Casandra Deanne Rogers,[4] had her baptized in the Episcopal Church. She is the eldest of four children.[5] Her family then moved to New Orleans, Louisiana.[6]

Brown completed a Bachelor of Social Work degree at the University of Texas at Austin in 1995, a Master of Social Work degree in 1996,[7] and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in social work at the University of Houston Graduate School of Social Work in 2002.[8]

Career

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Research and teaching

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Brown has studied the topics of courage, vulnerability, shame, empathy, and leadership, which she has used to look at human connection and how it works.[9] She has spent her research career as a professor at her alma mater, the University of Houston's Graduate College of Social Work.[10]

Public speaking

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Brown's TEDx talk from Houston in 2010, "The Power of Vulnerability", is one of the five most viewed TED talks. Its popularity shifted her work from relative obscurity in academia into the mainstream spotlight.[11][12][13][14] The talk "summarizes a decade of Brown's research on shame, framing her weightiest discoveries in self-deprecating and personal terms."[14] Reggie Ugwu for The New York Times said that this event gave the world "a new star of social psychology."[14] She went on to follow this popular TED talk with another titled "Listening to Shame" in 2012. In the second talk she talks about how her life has changed since the first talk and explains the connection between shame and vulnerability, building on the thesis of her first TED talk.[15]

She also has a less well-known talk from 2010 given at TEDxKC titled "The Price of Invulnerability." In it she explains that when numbing hard and difficult feelings, essentially feeling vulnerable, we also numb positive emotions, like joy.[16] This led to the creation of her filmed lecture, Brené Brown: The Call to Courage, which debuted on Netflix in 2019.[17] USA Today called it "a mix of a motivational speech and stand-up comedy special."[17] Brown discusses how and why to choose courage over comfort, equating being brave to being vulnerable. According to her research, doing this opens people to love, joy, and belonging by allowing them to better know themselves and more deeply connect with other people.[18]

Brown regularly works as a public speaker at private events and businesses, such as at Alain de Botton's School of Life[13] and at Google and Disney.[14]

Writing

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She is, as of 2021, the author of six number-one New York Times bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, Dare to Lead, and Atlas of the Heart. She discussed Daring Greatly with Oprah Winfrey on Super Soul Sunday in March 2013.[19] The book's title comes from a 1910 Theodore Roosevelt speech, "Citizenship in a Republic", given at the Sorbonne.[20] Her most recent work, Atlas of the Heart, was published in November 2021, with the goal of helping readers expand their emotional vocabulary—the language they have to communicate their feelings.[9]

Brown wrote a chapter of advice in Tim Ferriss' book Tools of Titans. With Tarana Burke, she co-created You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience, an anthology of essays by Black individuals discussing the trauma of white supremacy as well as the experiences of Black love and Black life.

Her 2024 essay titled “Not Looking Away: Thoughts on the Israel-Hamas War" was criticized for being too "corporate-friendly" and maintained a privileged point of view that ignored aspects of Palestinian people's existence under Israeli occupation.[21]

Podcasting

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In 2020, Brown began hosting the Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead podcasts.[22] Unlocking Us alternates between interviews with guests and solo episodes where Brown talks alone, directly to listeners. In solo episodes, she tells stories from her life, explains learnings from her research, and supplements it with summaries of other related social science work. Interview guests have included grief expert David Kessler, singer Alicia Keys, writer Glennon Doyle, and activist Tarana Burke who started the Me Too movement.[23]

In 2022, Brown's interview with Debbie Millman was featured on the Storybound season 5 premiere.

Other work

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Brown is CEO of "The Daring Way", a professional training and certification program on the topics of vulnerability, courage, shame, and empathy.[24] She appeared as herself in the movie Wine Country.[14][25] Her five-part docuseries, Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart, was released on HBO Max in 2022.[26]

Personal life

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Brown and her husband, Steve Alley, have two children.[5] The family lives in Houston, Texas.[27]

Though she was baptized in the Episcopal Church, her family raised her as a Catholic.[28] She later left the Catholic Church and returned to the Episcopal community with her husband and children two decades later.

Brown revealed past addictions to alcohol, smoking, emotional eating and control (she often speaks about the positive impact of her decision to stop drinking and smoking on May 12, 1996, one day after her master's program graduation).[29]

Selected works

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  • Women & Shame: Reaching Out, Speaking Truths And Building Connection, 3C Press, ISBN 9780975425237 (2005)
  • "Feminist Standpoint Theory" and "Shame Resilience Theory." In S. P. Robbins, P. Chatterjee & E. R. Canda (Eds.), Contemporary human behavior theory: A Critical Perspective for Social Work. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. 560 pp. ISBN 978-0-13-477926-3 Published 2007.
  • I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn't): Telling the Truth About Perfectionism, Inadequacy and Power. Avery. 336 pp. ISBN 978-1-59240-335-6 (2007)
  • Connections: A 12-Session Psychoeducational Shame-Resilience Curriculum. Center City, MN: Hazelden. ISBN 978-1-59285-742-5 (2009)
  • The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are. Center City, MN: Hazelden. 160 pp. ISBN 978-1-59285-849-1 (2010)
  • Men, Women and Worthiness: The Experience of Shame and the Power of Being Enough, Sounds true INC International Concepts, ISBN 978-1-604078510, (2012)
  • Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead. New York City: Gotham. 320 pp. ISBN 978-1-59240-841-2 (2012)
  • The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting: Raising Children with Courage, Compassion, and Connection, Sounds true INC International Concepts, ISBN 9781604079739 (2013)
  • Rising Strong: The Reckoning, the Rumble, the Revolution. Spiegel & Grau, now Random House. 352 pp. ISBN 978-0-8129-8580-1 (2015)
  • Rising Strong as a Spiritual Practice, Sounds true INC International Concepts, ISBN 9781622037810, (2017)
  • Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone. Random House. 208 pp. ISBN 978-0-8129-8581-8 (2017)
  • Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. Random House. 320 pp. ISBN 978-0-399-59252-2 (2018)
  • The Gifts of Imperfection (10th Anniversary Edition). 256 pp. ISBN 0-593-13358-7 (2020)
  • Atlas of the Heart. Random House. 336pp. ISBN 978-0-399-59255-3 (2021)

Honors and awards

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In 2009 Houston Woman Magazine voted Brown one of the city's most influential women.[30] She has also received teaching awards, including the Graduate College of Social Work's Outstanding Faculty Award.[31] In 2016, the Huffington Foundation pledged $2 million over four years to endow a research chair in her name at the Graduate College of Social Work, where she guides the training of social work students in grounded theory methodology and in her research into vulnerability, courage, shame, and empathy.[32] In 2021, her podcast Unlocking Us won the iHeartRadio Podcast Award for Best Advice or Inspirational Podcast.[33] In 2022, her book Atlas of the Heart won the Goodreads Choice award for Best Nonfiction.[34]

References

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  1. ^ Brown, Casandra Brené (2002). Acompañar: A Grounded Theory of Developing, Maintaining and Assessing Relevance in Professional Helping (PhD thesis). Houston: University of Houston. OCLC 51775597.
  2. ^ "The power of vulnerability". TED. October 6, 2010.
  3. ^ Carman, Ashley (January 6, 2023). "Spotify Ends Two Exclusive Shows Amid Podcasting Shakeout". Bloomberg.
  4. ^ a b Texas Birth Index (2002). "U.S. Public Records Index". Family Search. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "About". Brené Brown. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  6. ^ Brown, Brené (2010). The Gifts of Imperfection. Center City, Minnesota: Hazelden. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-59285-849-1.
  7. ^ "Brené Brown". uh.edu. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  8. ^ "How This Leadership Researcher Became the Secret Weapon for Oprah, Pixar, IBM, and Melinda Gates". Inc.com. September 19, 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Oprah and Brené Brown on Cultivating Connection". Oprah Daily. November 28, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  10. ^ "Tiptoeing Out of One's Comfort Zone (and of Course, Back In)". Interview with Brown, New York Times February 11, 2011.
  11. ^ "Brené Brown TEDxHouston, The power of vulnerability". TED. June 1, 2010.
  12. ^ "The most popular talks of all time". TED. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  13. ^ a b Cadwalladr, Carole (November 22, 2015). "Brené Brown: 'People will find a million reasons to tear your work down'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on November 22, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  14. ^ a b c d e Ugwu, Reggie (April 24, 2020). "Brené Brown Is Rooting for You, Especially Now". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  15. ^ TED talk "Listening to shame" – Brené Brown Archived March 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. March 2012
  16. ^ The price of invulnerability: Brené Brown at TEDxKC, October 12, 2010, retrieved December 30, 2021
  17. ^ a b Jensen, Erin. "5 takeaways on vulnerability from Brené Brown's 'The Call To Courage'". USA TODAY. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  18. ^ Bridges, Frances. "5 Ways To Be Brave According To Brené Brown's Netflix Special 'The Call To Courage'". Forbes. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  19. ^ "Dr. Brené Brown on Daring Greatly". OWN. November 3, 2013.
  20. ^ Schawbel, Dan (April 21, 2013). "Brene Brown: How Vulnerability Can Make Our Lives Better". Forbes. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
  21. ^ "Why Brené Brown's Gospel of Vulnerability Fails the World's Most Vulnerable". Literary Hub. February 21, 2024. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  22. ^ Natalie Jarvey (September 23, 2020). "Brené Brown Signs Exclusive Podcast Deal With Spotify (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  23. ^ "Brené Brown's Unlocking Us Has Arrived at the Right Time". Podcast Review. April 22, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  24. ^ "About - The Daring Way". Archived from the original on November 6, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  25. ^ Schwartz, Brie (May 9, 2019). "Brené Brown Makes an Unexpected and Hilarious Appearance in Wine Country". Oprah Daily. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  26. ^ Budowski, Jade (April 1, 2022). "Stream It Or Skip It: 'Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart' On HBO Max, Where the Best-Selling Author Teaches Us How to Connect with Each Other (And Ourselves)". Decider. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  27. ^ Elliott, Amber (April 13, 2016). "Brené Brown surprises lunchgoers with generous donation". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  28. ^ Lisa Capretto OWN (October 16, 2015). "Why Brené Brown 'abandoned' the church - and why she went back". Huffington Post. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  29. ^ Brown, Brené (May 31, 2019). "What Being Sober Has Meant to Me". Brené Brown. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  30. ^ Houston's 50 Most Influential Women for 2009, Houston Women's Magazine Archived April 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  31. ^ "Brene Brown". Hazeldon. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  32. ^ "Huffington Foundation Endows Chair for Brené Brown, Social Work Researcher, Author of 'Daring Greatly'". uh.edu. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  33. ^ "2021 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards: Full List of Winners". iHeart. Archived from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  34. ^ "Best Nonfiction". Goodreads. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
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