Brené Brown
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
We get to know each other.
I share a little bit.
I don't share, hey, nice to meet you, Steven.
Here's my darkest, horrible, most painful trauma.
You know, because that is actually...
That kind of litmus testing is actually a form of armor.
I'm going to throw something at you that our relationship in no way has been built long enough to hold.
You're going to go away, and I'm going to use that as verification that vulnerability is dangerous.
That's litmus testing.
Let me prove to you that you're not trustworthy.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Oh, I see.
You're backing away.
That's what I thought.
I'm backing away because we haven't built a relationship that can bear the weight of this story.
Can we start small?
Okay.
Vulnerability, trust, vulnerability, trust, vulnerability, trust.
Hmm.
I think in my work we call that like the smash and grab.