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'{{short description|American academic, speaker and author}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox academic | name = Brené Brown | image = Brené Brown Wikipedia.jpg | alt = | caption = Brown in 2012 | birth_name = Casandra Brené Brown | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|11|18|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]], U.S. | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | occupation = {{hlist | Clinical Social Worker | academic | public speaker}} | spouse = {{marriage|Steve Alley|1994}} | awards = <!--notable national-level awards only--> | website = {{official URL}} | alma_mater = {{ubl | [[University of Texas at Austin]] | [[University of Houston]]}} | thesis_title = Acompañar: A Grounded Theory of Developing, Maintaining and Assessing Relevance in Professional Helping<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Brown |first=Casandra Brené |year=2002 |title=Acompañar: A Grounded Theory of Developing, Maintaining and Assessing Relevance in Professional Helping |degree=PhD |location=Houston |publisher=University of Houston |oclc=51775597}}</ref> | thesis_year = 2002 | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | influences = <!--must be referenced from a third-party source--> | era = | discipline = [[Social work]] | sub_discipline = <!--academic discipline specialist area – e.g. Sub-atomic research, 20th-century Danish specialist, Pauline research, Arcadian and Ugaritic specialist--> | workplaces = [[University of Houston]] | doctoral_students = <!--only those with WP articles--> | notable_students = | main_interests = | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influenced = <!--must be referenced from a third-party source--> | signature = | signature_alt = }} '''Casandra Brené Brown''' (born 1965) is an American research professor, lecturer, author, and podcast host. Brown is known in particular for her research on [[shame]], [[vulnerability]], and [[leadership]]. A long-time researcher and academic, Brown became famous following a widely viewed [[TED (conference)|TED talk]] in 2010. Since then she has written six number-one [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' bestselling books]], hosts two podcasts and has filmed a lecture for Netflix. Brown holds the Huffington Foundation's Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the [[University of Houston]]'s Graduate College of Social Work and is a visiting professor in management at [[McCombs School of Business]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]]. ==Early life and education== 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]], [[Texas]], where her parents Charles Arthur Brown and Casandra Deanne Rogers<ref name="Public Records"/> baptized her 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]].<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 completed a [[Bachelor of Social Work]] degree at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] in 1995, followed by 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]] 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> ==Career== === Research and teaching === Brown has spent decades studying the topics of courage, vulnerability, shame, empathy, and leadership. These various topics are all different lenses that Brown 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> Brown 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?_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.</ref> === Public speaking === Brown is best known for her TEDx talk from Houston in 2010, "The Power of Vulnerability," which is one of the five most viewed TED talks. Its popularity shifted Brown's 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">{{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> Reggie Ugwu for ''[[The New York Times]]'' said that this event gave the world "a new star of social psychology."<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> 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]. March 2012</ref> Brown 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|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">{{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> Brown discusses how and why to choose courage over comfort, equating being brave to being vulnerable. According to her research, doing this opens us up to love, joy, and belonging by allowing us to better know ourselves and be 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 also 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">{{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> === Writing === She is, as of 2021, the author of six number-one New York Times bestsellers, namely ''The Gifts of Imperfection'', ''Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness'', ''Dare to Lead,'' and ''Atlas of the Heart.'' In March 2013, she talked with [[Oprah Winfrey]] on ''[[Super Soul Sunday]]'' about her book, ''Daring Greatly''.<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> Brown says she drew the title of that book from a 1910 [[Theodore Roosevelt]] speech "[[Citizenship in a Republic]]", given at the [[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> Brown's most recent book is titled ''[[Atlas of the Heart]],'' published in November 2021, where the goal is to help readers expand the language they have available to communicate their feelings, an emotional vocabulary.<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> === 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 high-profile guests and solo episodes where Brown talks alone, directly to listeners. In these solo episodes Brown tells personal stories from her life, explains learnings from her research, and supplements it with summaries of other related social science work. Interview guests include 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> === Other work === Brown is [[Chief executive officer|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> Brown has a chapter giving advice in [[Tim Ferriss]]' book [[Tools of Titans]]. Brown co-created with Tarana Burke the book: "You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience." This anthology is a space to recognize and process the trauma of white supremacy, a space to be vulnerable and affirm the fullness of Black life and Black possibility, a space that gives Black humanity breathing room. Brown 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> == Personal life == Brown met Steve Alley in 1987 and they dated for seven years prior to their marriage in 1994. The couple has 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 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. During her time in higher education, Brown has described addiction to a combination of alcohol, smoking, emotional eating and an addiction to control. Brown stopped drinking and smoking and went to her first [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] meeting on May 12, 1996, one day after her master's program graduation. She has been sober since then and often talks about the positive impact of that on her life.<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 == * "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|978-0134779263}} Published 2007. * ''I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn't): Telling the Truth About Perfectionism, Inadequacy and Power''. Avery. 336 pp. {{ISBN|978-1592403356}} (2007) * ''Connections: A 12-Session Psychoeducational Shame-Resilience Curriculum''. Center City, MN: Hazelden. {{ISBN|978-1592857425}} (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|978-1592858491}} (2010) * ''Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead''. New York City: Gotham. 320 pp. {{ISBN|978-1592408412}} (2012) * ''Rising Strong: The Reckoning, the Rumble, the Revolution''. [[Spiegel & Grau]], now Random House. 352 pp. {{ISBN|978-0812985801}} (2015) * ''Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone.'' Random House. 208 pp. {{ISBN|978-0812985818}} (2017) * ''Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.'' Random House. 320 pp. {{ISBN|978-0399592522}} (2018) * ''The Gifts of Imperfection'' (10th Anniversary Edition). 256 pp. {{ISBN|0593133587}} (2020) *''[[Atlas of the Heart]].'' Random House. 336pp. [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/557596/atlas-of-the-heart-by-brene-brown-phd-msw/ ISBN 9780399592553] (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> == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{wikiquote}} *{{Official website}} * [https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability Brené Brown's TED Talk on The Power of Vulnerability.] * {{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]] }} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Brene}} [[Category:1965 births]] [[Category:21st-century American Episcopalians]] [[Category:21st-century American non-fiction writers]] [[Category:21st-century American women writers]] [[Category:Academics from Houston]] [[Category:American motivational writers]] [[Category:American women non-fiction writers]] [[Category:Anglican scholars]] [[Category:Christians from Texas]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Harris County, Texas]] [[Category:University of Houston alumni]] [[Category:University of Houston faculty]] [[Category:University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work alumni]] [[Category:Writers from San Antonio]] [[Category:Women motivational writers]] [[Category:American women academics]]'