Thursday, January 6, 2011

Feeling vulnerable? Good.

Researcher Brené Brown talks about her findings on connectedness, shame as the principal obstacle to feeling connected, and embracing vulnerability (through being authentic, and therefore exposed) as the avenue to deeper experience & relationships.

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Sunday, January 2, 2011

With freedom to become oneself...

Ricochet had been raised from infancy to be a service dog, but she tapped into her potential to enrich lives when freed from the expectations of her trainer and supported in expressing a more authentic self. Another example of our counterpart best friends reflecting our human experience back to us.

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