Vulnerability

The Real Mad Men: the Workaholics

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Marriage, Divorce, Economic Crisis, Economy, Madeleine L'Engle, Nobel Peace Prize, Vulnerability, Mad Men, Workaholic, Illness, Sleep, Healthy Living News
Vivian Norris

How many of us (myself included) have sat with a car engine running, a few blocks away from "home" reading emails and trying to avoid going home at all? How many of us feel more intimate with email and Internet colleagues we "know" at a safe distance?

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Crying Saved My Life

Erin Joy Henry | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Fear, Spiritual Growth, Self-Acceptance, Crying, Strength, Fear of Intimacy, Vulnerability, Intimacy, Happiness, Becoming-Fearless, Women News
Erin Joy Henry

Crying was for the weak girls who couldn't be alone and needed boys to carry their bags for them. Crying was for the girls who sat out from P.E. because they had their periods and were too scared to participate in the game of life. Or so I thought.

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Are Vulnerability and Authenticity the New Cool?

Tiffany Crawford | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Richard Branson, Security, Vulnerability, Lady GaGa, Brene Brown, Deepak Chopra, TED Talks, Female Empowerment, Self-Image, Culture News
Tiffany Crawford

You hear it everywhere. All of the thought leaders in business, spiritual gurus, and now pop stars are all talking about being your true self and loving you for who you are. That's not what I see on the cover of magazines -- yet.

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Tackling Shame: 'Shame's Primary Power Is to Make Us Afraid of Being Vulnerable.' Part I

George Molho | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Scarred a Memoir, Tackling Shame, Happiness, Domestic Abuse, Shame, Trauma, Emotional Healing, Abuse, Impact, Emotional Wellness, Healthy Living, Vulnerability, Self-Healing, Surviving, Emotional Pain, Child Abuse, Vulnerable, Courage, Emotional Health, Self-Empowerment, Healthy Living News
George Molho

The beauty of vulnerability is in its expression. Its power resides in embracing it. By being unafraid to be vulnerable you will shrink shame, make a feast of fear and starve insecurities.

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Expressing How We Truly Feel Is Not Easy, But It's Worth It

Jeanette Cajide | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Selflessness, Self-Awareness, Self-Improvement, Compassion, Fear, Thoughts, Regret, The Balanced Life, Love and Relationships, Speaking, Vulnerability, The Inner Life, Courage, Self-Expression, Becoming-Fearless, Truth, Express Yourself, Expressing Yourself, Mindfulness, Express Your Feelings, Healthy Living News
Jeanette Cajide

I have no problem expressing discontent, criticism, and opinions, but when it comes to expressing love, I will suffer quietly, in the corner, hoping the other person is gifted with telepathy.

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Dare to Love Yourself First

Karma Kitaj | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Iron Butterflies, The Gifts of Imperfection, Vulnerability, Dr. Brene Brown, Birute Regine, Self-Love, Self-Worth, Loving Yourself, Huff/Post50 News
Karma Kitaj

How many people do you know who live from a place of expansiveness, creativity, and a sense of worthiness?

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How Worthy Are You Feeling Today?

Erin Joy Henry | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Vulnerability, What Is Your Self-Worth, Self Worth, Women's Issues, Traveling, Self-Love, Self-Worth, Women and Confidence, Confidence, Women News
Erin Joy Henry

Over the years, I've noticed two very common threads that weave their way through just about every conversation between women.

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Get Addicted... To Forgiving Yourself

Anne Naylor | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Forgiving, Forgiveness, Emotional Health, Freedom, Vulnerability, Truth, Forgiving Yourself, Forgiveness and Health, Forgiveness Health, Forgiveness and Acceptance, Mindfulness, Forgive, Forgiving Others, Healthy Living News
Anne Naylor

To open your heart and honestly express your mistakes, fears or doubts seems counterintuitive. And yet, when you do so, you touch and awaken other hearts to do the same.

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For the Interim Time...

Miriam Mason Martineau | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Support, Awareness, Growing Up, Feeling, Courage, Bearing, Grief, Interim Times, Waking Up, Enlightenment, Presence, Choice, Vulnerability, Personal Growth Development, Growth and Development, Personal Development, Spiritual Development, Self Growth, Personal Growth, Healthy Living News
Miriam Mason Martineau

I learn to trust that, much like the growth that takes place beneath the earth before a new shoot appears, movement and evolution may rumble below the surface before making an obvious appearance.

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Breaking the Bullying Cycle From Birth

Carol Smaldino | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Vulnerability, Empathy, Development, Babies, Cultures, Bullying, Mothers, Parents News
Carol Smaldino

Many mothers feel bullied by the enormity of peer pressure that supplies not tenderness, but humiliation towards the fledgling mother who doesn't meet the standards of today.

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'These Love Affairs Have Taught Me To Love Myself More'

Erin Joy Henry | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Love Affairs, Vulnerability, Relationships, Commitment, Love, Intimacy, Women News
Erin Joy Henry

I had ignored the voice inside my head that told me he was in my life to teach me how to love fearlessly and be in the moment, not to marry me.

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The Life Out Loud: Chip Conley's Emotional Equations

MeiMei Fox | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: The Life Out Loud, Fear, Emotional Equations, Despair, Living Out Loud, Self-Actualization, Chip Conley, Vulnerability, Surrender, Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, Joy, Life Out Loud, Suffering, Joie De Vivre, Authenticity, Self-Improvement, Love, Gratitude, Abraham Maslow, Lisa Keating, Impact News
MeiMei Fox

Have you ever met someone for the first time and -- not in a romantic or sexual way -- inexplicably tumbled into a space-time vortex of pure human-to-human connection?

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Best of TEDTalks 2011, #8: The Power of Vulnerability

Brene Brown | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Tedtalks, Video, tedtalks2011, Vulnerability, #18ideas, Vulnerabilities, Technology News
Brene Brown

2011-12-15-brenfinalfinalfinal.jpgEven if letting ourselves be seen and opening ourselves up to judgment or disappointment feels terrifying, the alternatives are worse.

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Brené Brown On Vulnerability

Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Tedtalks, Video, Vulnerability, tedtalks2011, #18ideas, Technology News

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Courage is Having the Strength to be Vulnerable

Amy Chan | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Mourning, Breakup, Recovery, Vulnerability, Courage, Loss, Breakup Advice, Inner Strength, Advice, Women News
Amy Chan

True courage is not blocking out your emotions, it's having the strength to deal with them.

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What Puts High Achievers at Risk?

Lisa Arie | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Success, Leadership, Vista Caballo, Vulnerability, Motivational-Success, Risk, Career Advice, Risk Management, Career Risk, Business News
Lisa Arie

It is critical to the careers and business success of high achievers to be able to connect to and understand how to use their sense of vulnerability. You are at risk until you engage this critical sense.

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Naked In Church

Amy Frykholm | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Religion and Nudity, See Me Naked, Christianity, Naked in Church, Religion and Sexuality, Religion and Physicality, Vulnerability, The Naked Cross, Sexuality Purity, Religious Books, Religion News
Amy Frykholm

Marlene and I decided to take the camera to this chapel and photograph me naked. The idea was electrifying. We both felt startlingly alive as we contemplated it.

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Two Thumbs Up for Ebert And "Life Itself"

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Memoir, Media Criticism, Chicago Sun-Times, Life Itself, Cancer, Film, Roger Ebert, Books, Roger Ebert Memoir, Fall-From-Grace, Ebert, Vulnerability, Ebert-Memoir, Religion News
Cathleen Falsani

The chapter "How I Believe in God," is one of the more self-aware, humble and eloquent accounts of personal belief I've ever read.

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The Bhagavad Gita And The Value Of Vulnerability

Ramnath Subramanian | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Yoga, Humility, Arjuna, Courage, Bhagavad Gita, Krishna, Vulnerability, Bhagavad Gita Vulnerability, Bhagavad Gita Humility, Hinduism, Investment Banking, Religion News
Ramnath Subramanian

In this culture, I have grossly and subtly ingested the notion that I should not have any weakness -- so much so that when I came in touch with my natural human limitations, it was painfully embarrassing.

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Vulnerability Management: Required Course for Leaders?

Birute Regine | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Wrongdoing, Humility, Vulnerability, Admitting Mistakes, Michelle Bachman, Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann, Michele Bachmann, Politics News
Birute Regine

How you deal with vulnerability has a lot to do with defining your character and leadership style. If leaders and managers deny their vulnerability, what does that say about their effectiveness and ability to learn from mistakes?

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Getting Wiretapping Right

Susan Landau | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Cyberexploitation, Wiretap, Cybersecurity, Transactional Data, Vulnerability, Fbi, Technology News
Susan Landau

Cell phones are easy to tap, as are centralized Internet communications such as Facebook or email messages. But peer-to-peer communication -- think Skype -- poses a problem to the FBI's electronic eavesdroppers.

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Vulnerable Is Not Just An Island In The Pacific

Lisa Guest | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stuart Wilde, Urban Planning, Earthquake, Vulnerability, Japan, Emergency Preparedness, Tsunami, Southern California, Chemotherapy, Tsunami Warning Systems, San Francisco, Three Mile Island, Japan Earthquake 2011, Japan Earthquake, 2011 Japan Earthquake, Healthy Living News
Lisa Guest

I recognize I can't do much but prepare myself as best I can, then trust and have hope.

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How To Talk So Your Child Will Listen: Vulnerability Is Key!

Judith Ruskay Rabinor Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Vulnerability, Parent Child Communication, How to Talk to Children, Parenting Tips, Talking to Children, Eating Disorders, Parenting, Parenting Advice, Communicate With Children, Communication Advice, Communication With Children, Communication, Healthy Living News
Judith Ruskay Rabinor Ph.D.

Last week I ran into a young woman (I'll call her Marielle) on the street. She reminding me that I'd precipitated a turning point in her relationship with her mother -- and in her life.

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God, Life And The Spiritual Practice Of Surrendering 'Complete Control'

Rabbi Will Berkovitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Letting Go, Relationships, Children, Rabbi Will Berkovitz, Surrender, Jewish, Control, Religion, Sefat Emet, Mistakes, Caddis Fly, Faith, Love, Spirituality, Judaism, Complete Surrender, Vulnerability, Complete Control, Religion News
Rabbi Will Berkovitz

By letting go we may feel free. On the seventh day, our Creator did not just rest, the Holy One let go. It was God's final and perhaps most important lesson to us. There is a time to let go.

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Valentine's Day: Celebrating The Insecurity of Love

Rabbi Irwin Kula | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Romance, Valentine's Day, Soulmate, Insecurity, Passion, Vulnerability, Commitment, Love, Religion News
Rabbi Irwin Kula

If we want Valentine's Day to really work we have to do more than give our lover roses. We fearlessly have to hold the thorns.

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