Wholehearted living

Wholehearted living is about engaging in our lives from a place of worthiness. It means cultivating the courage, compassion, and connection to wake up in the morning and think, No matter what gets done and how much is left undone I am enough. It's going to be ad night thinking, Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid bu that doesn't change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of belonging.

 -Brene Brown

From her Ted Talk

 1. Love is Grown Through Connection

• Connection is why we are here. It gives purpose to our lives.
• It is very difficult to love people more than we love ourselves.

2. We Cannot Give What We Don’t Have.

• We can’t give help when we cannot ask for it
• we attach judgement to help. therefore we self-judge when we need to ask for help and we judge when we offer help.

3. Professing vs Practicing

• Love is a practice.
• We profess “love you. love you. love you.” and practice something totally different.
• The space between how we behave and what we want to be – that gap is where we lose people.

4. What Kills Love Also Kills Organizations

• Shame is like termites. You must shine a light in the dark places to find it.
• Shame can only rise to a certain level before people disengage to self-protect.