<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Casper ter Kuile]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://caspertk.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[caspertk]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://caspertk.wordpress.com/author/cterkuile/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The Power Of&nbsp;Vulnerability]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>This is one hell of a TED talk. Brene Brown is an ethnographic researcher and looks at our emotions of shame, courage and vulnerability.</p>
<p>It starts with humour, takes you through her personal experience &#8211; and packs a real punch at the end.</p>
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<li>Shame is the fear of disconnection</li>
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<div>&#8220;Sleep is comfortable, but awakening is interesting.&#8221; Inayat Khan</div>
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<li>We&#8217;re numbing our emotions &#8211; both good and bad.</li>
<li>There isn&#8217;t discourse in politics and mysticism in religion anymore, just blame.</li>
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<p>You can <a href="brenebrown">follow Brene on twitter</a>.<br />
h/t <a href="http://blogthechange.wordpress.com/">Laurie Walmsley</a>.</p>
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