Brené Brown Tickets

‘The physics of vulnerability is simple. If we are brave enough often enough, we will fall’ 

– Brene Brown

When we deny our stories, they define us. 

When we own our stories, we get to write the ending. 

In a rare visit to Australia, Brené Brown will draw on her personal experience and research to present a powerful process to help rise from our falls, overcome our mistakes, and face hurt in a way that brings more wisdom and wholeheartedness into our lives. A research professor at the University of Houston Graduate School of Social Work, Brené has spent the past thirteen years studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness and shame. She has interviewed artists and military leaders, teachers, parents and CEOs, and discovered what it takes to lean into discomfort and vulnerability in the service of being brave. 

Whether our stories of struggle are as big as the loss of a job or the end of a relationship, or day-to-day conflicts with relatives or friends, the process of rising strong after a fall are the same. As Brené explains, ‘When we deny our stories and disengage from tough emotions, they don’t go away – they own us, then they define us. Our job is not to deny the story, but to defy the ending – to rise strong, reckon with our story and rumble with the truth until we get to a place where we think, yes. This is what happened. This is my truth. And I will choose how this story ends.’ In this event you’ll discover how to live this process, and create nothing less than a revolution.

Please note that this event will be photographed.  

The event includes Auslan interpretation.

ABOUT BRENÉ BROWN

Dr Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent the past thirteen years studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame.

Brené is the author of two #1 New York Times Bestsellers: Daring Greatly and The Gifts of Imperfection. 

Her latest book, Rising Strong was released on August 25, 2015. In Rising Strong, Brené writes, “If we are brave enough, often enough, we will fall. This is a book about what it takes to get back up.”

She is also the Founder and CEO for The Daring Way™ - an organisation that brings her work on vulnerability, courage, shame and worthiness to organizations, schools, communities, and families.

Brené’s 2010 TEDx Houston talk, The Power of Vulnerability, is one of the top five most viewed TED talks in the world, with over 19 million viewers.

Brené lives in Houston with her husband, Steve, and their two children, Ellen and Charlie.

ABOUT SPECIAL EVENTS

Special events are unique experiences designed to explore themes in greater depth, outside of the classroom. Often in collaboration with cultural partners, leading writers, economists, historians, philosophers, psychologists, artists and other thinkers, special events offer provocation, inspiration and consolation in the form of advice for living better. Session formats will vary depending on the subject.

TIMETABLE

18.00        Doors open

19.00        Welcome & Introduction

19.05         Rising Strong with Brené Brown

20.15        In Conversation with Roman Krznaric

20:40        Event Ends