Brené Brown

Brené Brown (born November 18, 1965) is an American scholar, author, and public speaker, who is Currently a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work . ^[1] Over the last fifteen years she has bone involved in research on a range of topics, zoals vulnerability, courage, shame, and empathy. ^[2] She is the author of three # 1 New York Times Bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection (2010), Daring greatly (2012) and Rising Strong (2015). She and re work port leg featured on PBS , ^[3] NPR , ^[4] TED , ^[5] and CNN . ^[6]

Early life and education

Brown was born in San Antonio , Texas and spent a formative period in New Orleans, Louisiana . ^[7] Brown was baptized in the Episcopal Church and-then later brought` up Catholic . ^[8] She left the church for two decades, and later Returned to it with re husband and children. She COMPLETED re Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) at the University of Texas at Austin in 1995, Followed by a Master of Social Work (MSW) in 1996 and Ph.D. from the Graduate College of Social Work at the University of Houston in 2002. ^[1]

Career

Brown Began re career as a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. ^[9] Her research focuses on authentic leadership and wholeheartedness in families, schools, and organizations. She Presented a 2012 TED talk and two 2010 TEDx talks. ^{[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]}

Brown is the author of I Thought It Was Just Me (but it is not): Count the Truth About Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power ( Penguin / Gotham , 2007), The Gifts of Imperfection: Letting Go of Who We Think We Should Be and Embracing Who We Are ( Hazelden , 2010), Daring greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead at Brené Brown (Gotham, 2012), and Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The rumble. The Revolution. ( Spiegel & Grau , 2015). Her articles harbor Appeared in many national Newspapers. ^[16]

In March 2013, she Appeared on Super Soul Sunday talking with Oprah Winfrey about re new book, Daring greatly . ^[17] The title of the book comes from Theodore Roosevelt ‘s speech ” Citizenship in a Republic ” In this housing is ook referred to as “The Man in the Arena” speech, bepaald at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, on April 23, 1910 . ^[18]

Brown is the founder and Chief Executive Officer or bone COURAGE works – an online learning platform dat sacrifices classes for personen and families on virtuous living and loving, and Brave Leaders Inc. – a platform dat Brings re latest research on leadership development and culture change to teams, leaders , entrepreneurs, change makers, and culture shifters. ^[19] Brown is ook the CEO for The Daring Way , a training and certification program for helping in professionals who want to help Facilitate re work on vulnerability, courage, shame, and empathy. ^[20]

Honors and awards

Houston Woman Magazine voted Brown one of the Houston’s Most Influential women or 2009. ^[21] Her 2010 TED Talk is one of the musts watched talks on the Ted.com website. ^[22] She has RECEIVED numerous teaching awards waaronder the Graduate College of Social Work’s Outstanding Faculty Award. ^[23]

Most recently, The Huffington Foundation honored Brown by pledging $ 2 million over four years to fund the Brené Brown Endowed Chair in the Graduate College of Social Work at the University of Houston . This will bieden resources to expand Brown’s research, as a grotere number or social work students pursuing training in Grounded Theory methodology will be Trained in her research on vulnerability, courage, shame, and empathy. ^[24]

Published works

• Brown, B. (2015): Rising Strong: The Reckoning, The Rumble, The Revolution .
• Brown, B. (2012): Daring greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead . New York City, NY: Gotham
• Brown, B. (2010): The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Con to Be and Embrace Who You Are . Center City, MN: Hazelden. ^[16]
• Brown, B. (2009): Connections: A 12-Session PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL Shame-Resilience Curriculum . Center City, MN: Hazelden. ^[16]
• Brown, B. (2007): I Thought It Was Just Me (but it is not): Count the Truth About Perfectionism, Inadequacy, and Power . New York: Penguin / Gotham. ^[25]
• Brown, B. (2007): Feminist Stand Point Theory . In SPRobbins, P.Chatterjee & ERCanda (Eds.), Contemporary human behavior theory: A critical perspective for social work (Rev. ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon. ^[25]
• Brown, B. (2007): Shame Resilience Theory . In SPRobbins, P.Chatterjee & ERCanda (Eds.), Contemporary human behavior theory: A critical perspective for social work (Rev. ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon. ^[25]

Recorded talks

• TEDxHouston 2010: ” The Power of Vulnerability “, June 2010
• TEDxKC 2010: ” The Price of Invulnerability “, August 2010
• TED2012: ” Listening to Shame “, March 2012
• Speaker , The UP Experience, Unique Perspectives from Unique People (2009)
• “The Power of Vulnerability” – Brown’s talk at the Royal Society of Arts (2013)

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