Embrace vulnerability

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SUZANNE LETOURNEAU AUTHOR OF THE AWARD WINNING BOOK SOAR WITH VULNERABILITY

Transcript of Embrace vulnerability

SUZANNE LETOURNEAU

AUTHOR OF THE AWARD WINNING BOOK

SOAR WITH VULNERABILITY

QUOTE 1

• WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN, WE USED TO THINK THAT WHEN WE WERE

GROWN-UP WE WOULD NO LONGER BE VULNERABLE.

BUT TO GROW UP IS TO ACCEPT VULNERABILITY…TO BE ALIVE IS TO BE

VULNERABLE.

MADELEINE L’ENGLE

AMERICAN WRITER WHO WROTE OVER 60 BOOKS

QUOTE 2

• THERE CAN BE NO VULNERABILITY WITHOUT RISK; THERE CAN BE NO

COMMUNITY WITHOUT VULNERABILITY; THERE CAN BE NO PEACE, AND

ULTIMATELY NO LIFE, WITHOUT COMMUNITY.

SCOTT PECK

AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIST AND BEST SELLING AUTHOR

QUOTE 3

• I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT THE VULNERABILITY I’VE ALWAYS FELT IS THE

GREATEST STRENGTH A PERSON CAN HAVE. YOU CAN’T EXPERIENCE LIFE

WITHOUT FEELING LIFE.

ELIZABETH SHUE

AMERICAN ACTRESS

QUOTE 4

• THROUGH MY RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT VULNERABILITY IS THE GLUE THAT

HOLDS RELATIONSHIPS TOGETHER. IT’S THE MAGIC SAUCE.

BRENE BROWN

RESEARCH PROFESSOR, AUTHOR, SPEAKER

QUOTE 5

• YOU ARE ONLY INVULNERABLE, WHEN YOU ARE IN FEAR.

SUZANNE LETOURNEAU

WHY DURING THE HOLIDAYS?

• THE HOLIDAYS ARE SUPPOSE TO BE. A TIME FOR CHEERING, GETTING

TOGETHER WITH FAMILY, DANCING, SINGING, EATING AND CELEBRATING.

• THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS A TIME WHEN YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE

INTENSE EMOTIONS ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE NOT SURROUNDED BY LOVED

ONES.

• IT IS ALSO A TIME OF ¨VULNERABILITY¨ IF YOU FIND YOURSELF WITHOUT A JOB,

NO MONEY, HEALTH ISSUES, LIVING IN A RESIDENCE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE, AND

NO ONE TO SPEND CHRISTMAS WITH .

EXPERT

I WROTE A BOOK SOAR WITH VULNERABILITY

I WENT FROM PRETENDING AND BEING INVINCIBLE (INVULNERABLE) TO BEING REAL.

I WENT FROM BEING UNREACHABLE TO BEING AUTHENTIC.

I WENT FROM BEING IN FEAR TO BEING IN TRUST. (LOVE)

WORLDLY DEFINITION

1. TO BE CAPABLE OF BEING PHYSICALLY OR EMOTIONALLY WOUNDED.

2. TO BE CAPABLE OF BEING PERSUADED OR TEMPTED

3. REFER TO A PERSON WHO LET’S HER GUARDS DOWN, LEAVING THEMSELVES

OPEN TO CENSURE AND CRITICISM.

VULNERABLE• OBJECT:

I. BROKEN BEFORE IS MORE VULNERABLE

TO BREAK AGAIN

II. COMPUTER WITHOUT VIRUS PROTECTION

IS VULNERABLE TO GET INFECTED

III.BAD HOUSE FOUNDATION IS VULNERABLE

TO FUTURE PROBLEMS

• EMOTIONS/HUMAN BEINGS

I. WEAK

II. EXPOSED

III.DEFENCELESS

SUSCEPTIBLE

SUBJECT TO

PREDISPOSED

SENSITIVITY

OPENNESS

NOTHING TO DEFEND

YOURSELF FROM

HOLIDAYS OR NOT…

• INVULNERABILITY ATTRACTS INVULNERABILITY. FEAR ATTRACTS

FEAR. CREATING MORE SEPARATION AND HOSTILITY.

• HIDING YOUR VULNERABILITY IS NOT ALLOWING FOR YOUR

RELATIONSHIPS TO BE COMPLETE.

• IT IS ONLY IN YOUR VULNERABILITY THAT YOU FIND TRUE

FREEDOM

VULNERABILITY

• ALLOWING YOURSELF TO BE VULNERABLE

AROUND THE HOLIDAYS CAN TRANSFORM

SOMEONE’S LIFE, INCLUDING YOURS.LOVE IS AT THE VERY

CORE OF OUR

EXISTENCE

HOLIDAYS

HOW CAN WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE DURING THE HOLIDAYS?

• STOP & DARE BE YOURSELF IN AUTHENTICITY

• LET GO OF YOUR STORIES, OF OLD BELIEFS & FALSE PROTECTION

• HUG SOMEONE WHO DOESN’T EXPECT IT.

• DARE SAY: I WAS WRONG, I DON’T KNOW, I AM SORRY, I LOVE YOU..

SURRENDER

• IN THE WILLINGNESS OF SURRENDERING,

EVERYTHING BECOMES MUCH SIMPLER AND

MORE NATURAL.

ANOTHER MISUNDERSTOOD

WORD.

I THOUGHT IT MEANT TO GIVE UP,

TO QUIT.

SEND YOUR NUDGETSTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013

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