{"id":234,"date":"2016-07-18T13:37:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T13:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/?p=234"},"modified":"2016-07-18T14:23:16","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T14:23:16","slug":"the-power-of-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/the-power-of-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power Of Vulnerability"},"content":{"rendered":"

Power and vulnerability aren’t two words that you would normally find put together, but through her research Bren\u00e9 Brown has demonstrated that the most content and “wholehearted” of people achieve this life state through allowing themselves to be vulnerable. \u00a0When we shut ourselves off to negative emotions and feelings, we can also shut out the positive and joyful emotions of life.<\/p>\n

When we allow ourselves to be vulnerable, to say how we feel, to put ourselves out there (warts and all)… we open ourselves up to the possibilities of a more joyful, courageous and connected life.<\/p>\n

\"Courage<\/a>

Courage brings connection and fulfilment<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

How many people or organisations do you know to be so courageous? How many people let you know what is going on behind the mask they wear in public? \u00a0How connected (and vulnerable) do you feel when someone is brave enough to let you know that there are cracks below the surface, or when you open up to someone yourself?<\/p>\n

As a coach I work to move my clients forward to a deeper understanding of self and to take actions towards authentic and positive fulfilment in life. \u00a0The 2010 TEDTalk Bren\u00e9 Brown gave in Houston really embraces that agenda. Click on the link below for an insight into Bren\u00e9’s honest, entertaining and “wholehearted” research.<\/p>\n

Bren\u00e9 Brown TEDTalk Houston 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s to being courageously imperfect this week!<\/p>\n

All the best from Park West,<\/p>\n

Grace<\/p>\n

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Power and vulnerability aren’t two words that you would normally find put together, but through her research Bren\u00e9 Brown has demonstrated that the most content and “wholehearted” of people achieve this life state through allowing themselves to be vulnerable. \u00a0When we shut ourselves off to negative emotions and feelings, we can also shut out the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,3,34,1],"tags":[8,45,22,44,13,38,17,41,6,5,14],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252,"href":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions\/252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mareus.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}