Tagged: Brene Brown

  • Thoughts on Honor, Shame, and the Armor Others Put Upon Us

    @audreycfrank Recently on Twitter Brené Brown, shame researcher and storyteller, posted this thought: “It’s not fear that gets in the way of showing up - it’s armor. It’s the behaviors we use to self-protect. We can be afraid and brave at the same time. Armor suffocates courage and cages our hearts. The goal is to create spaces where armor is neither necessary nor rewarded.” Brené Brown (Twitter) https://twitter.com/BreneBrown/status/1093981324644401152 Her comment is insightful and started me thinking about armor. The behaviors with which we arm ourselves are certainly one kind of armor. But what about the armor others put upon us? We can take up our own armor, or others can put armor on us. Others can load us down with oversized, misfitting armor they feel… Read More