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Brené Brown — How to Save Your Marriage

Brought to you by Helix Sleep premium mattresses https://helixsleep.com/tim | Take 10 seconds and sign up for my free "5-Bullet Friday" newsletter: https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-yt/​ Each Friday, you’ll get a short email from me with five things I've discovered that week, sending you off to your weekend with fun and useful things to ponder and try. 🙌 Dr. Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston where she holds the Huffington Foundation – Brené Brown Endowed Chair at The Graduate College of Social Work. Brené is also a visiting professor in management at The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. She has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy and is the author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, and her latest book, Dare to Lead, which is the culmination of a seven-year study on courage and leadership. Brené hosts the Unlocking Us podcast, and her TED talk -- The Power of Vulnerability -- is one of the top five most viewed TED talks in the world with over 45 million views. She is also the first researcher to have a filmed lecture on Netflix. The Call to Courage special debuted on the streaming service on April 19, 2019. Please enjoy Brené's return to the show! 00:00 Start 01:31 Why women love Brené 06:10 On setting boundaries 08:09 Chasing the extraordinary vs. embracing the ordinary 11:43 Brené’s confronting photo session 14:58 Self-acceptance vs. complacency 29:22 Worries about losing my audience 32:05 Narcissism 34:36 Shedding our pathological armor for our superpower 44:17 The control self-awareness brings 46:22 Accelerated self-awareness 48:55 Marriage hacks 54:02 Family decision-making at Brené’s house 55:03 Brené’s approach to parenting 59:09 Take service jobs when you’re young 59:55 Five things Brené has changed her mind about 01:08:06 Five absurd, stupid things Brené does 01:13:09 Five things Brené is excited about 01:18:37 Parting thoughts. This episode is brought to you by Helix Sleep. I recently moved into a new home and needed new beds, and I purchased mattresses from Helix Sleep. It offers mattresses personalized to your preferences and sleeping style without costing thousands of dollars. Visit HelixSleep.com/TIM and take the simple 2-3 minute sleep quiz to get started, and the team there will build a mattress you’ll love. Their customer service makes all the difference. The mattress arrives within a week, and the shipping is completely free. You can try the mattress for 100 nights, and if you’re not happy, it’ll pick it up and offer a full refund. To personalize your sleep experience, visit https://HelixSleep.com/TIM and you’ll receive up to $125 off your custom mattress. SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1dSzTkW About Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 400 million downloads and been selected for “Best of iTunes” three years running. Connect with Tim Ferriss: Sign up for "5-Bullet Friday" (Tim's email newsletter): https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-1/ Visit the Tim Ferriss PODCAST: https://tim.blog/podcast/ Visit the Tim Ferriss BLOG: https://tim.blog/ Follow Tim Ferriss on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/tferriss/ Follow Tim Ferriss on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/timferriss/ Like Tim Ferriss on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TimFerriss/

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Feb 6, 20201h 19mWatch on YouTube ↗

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February 6, 2020
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1h 19m
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Tim Ferriss
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Brought to you by Helix Sleep premium mattresses https://helixsleep.com/tim | Take 10 seconds and sign up for my free "5-Bullet Friday" newsletter: https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-yt/​ Each Friday, you’ll get a short email from me with five things I've discovered that week, sending you off to your weekend with fun and useful things to ponder and try. 🙌 Dr. Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston where she holds the Huffington Foundation – Brené Brown Endowed Chair at The Graduate College of Social Work. Brené is also a visiting professor in management at The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. She has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy and is the author of five #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, and her latest book, Dare to Lead, which is the culmination of a seven-year study on courage and leadership. Brené hosts the Unlocking Us podcast, and her TED talk -- The Power of Vulnerability -- is one of the top five most viewed TED talks in the world with over 45 million views. She is also the first researcher to have a filmed lecture on Netflix. The Call to Courage special debuted on the streaming service on April 19, 2019. Please enjoy Brené's return to the show! 00:00 Start 01:31 Why women love Brené 06:10 On setting boundaries 08:09 Chasing the extraordinary vs. embracing the ordinary 11:43 Brené’s confronting photo session 14:58 Self-acceptance vs. complacency 29:22 Worries about losing my audience 32:05 Narcissism 34:36 Shedding our pathological armor for our superpower 44:17 The control self-awareness brings 46:22 Accelerated self-awareness 48:55 Marriage hacks 54:02 Family decision-making at Brené’s house 55:03 Brené’s approach to parenting 59:09 Take service jobs when you’re young 59:55 Five things Brené has changed her mind about 01:08:06 Five absurd, stupid things Brené does 01:13:09 Five things Brené is excited about 01:18:37 Parting thoughts. This episode is brought to you by Helix Sleep. I recently moved into a new home and needed new beds, and I purchased mattresses from Helix Sleep. It offers mattresses personalized to your preferences and sleeping style without costing thousands of dollars. Visit HelixSleep.com/TIM and take the simple 2-3 minute sleep quiz to get started, and the team there will build a mattress you’ll love. Their customer service makes all the difference. The mattress arrives within a week, and the shipping is completely free. You can try the mattress for 100 nights, and if you’re not happy, it’ll pick it up and offer a full refund. To personalize your sleep experience, visit https://HelixSleep.com/TIM and you’ll receive up to $125 off your custom mattress. SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1dSzTkW About Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 400 million downloads and been selected for “Best of iTunes” three years running. Connect with Tim Ferriss: Sign up for "5-Bullet Friday" (Tim's email newsletter): https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-1/ Visit the Tim Ferriss PODCAST: https://tim.blog/podcast/ Visit the Tim Ferriss BLOG: https://tim.blog/ Follow Tim Ferriss on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/tferriss/ Follow Tim Ferriss on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/timferriss/ Like Tim Ferriss on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TimFerriss/

SPEAKERS

  • Tim Ferriss

    host

    Entrepreneur, author, and host of The Tim Ferriss Show.

  • Dr. Brené Brown

    guest

    Research professor and author known for work on vulnerability, courage, and leadership.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Tim Ferriss, featuring Tim Ferriss and Dr. Brené Brown, Brené Brown — How to Save Your Marriage explores brené Brown on vulnerability, armor, and practical marriage and family systems Tim and Brené explore why her work resonates so strongly, and she attributes it to giving language to universal experiences while openly showing her own struggle with vulnerability and shame.

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