Brené Brown Biography
Brené Brown is a lecturer, author, and podcast host from the United States. Brown is well-known for her work on shame, vulnerability, and leadership, as well as her 2010 TEDx presentation. She has six number-one New York Times bestselling novels and two Spotify podcasts.
How old is Brené Brown? – Age
She is 58 years old as of 18 November 2023. She was born in 1965 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Her realname is Casandra Brené Brown.
Brené Brown Family
Brown was christened in the Episcopal Church by her parents, Charles Arthur Brown and Casandra Deanne Rogers, in San Antonio, Texas. She is the oldest of four siblings. Her family later relocated to New Orleans.
Does Brené Brown have her phd? – Education
Brown earned a Bachelor of Social Work degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1995, a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1996, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in social work from the University of Houston Graduate School of Social Work in 2002.
Is Brené Brown still married? – Wife
Brown has two children with her husband, Dr. Steve Alley. Houston, Texas, is where the family resides.
Brené Brown Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $3 million.
Brené Brown Podcasts
Brown began presenting the Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead podcasts in 2020. Unlocking Us alternates between interviews with guests and solo episodes in which Brown speaks directly to the audience. In solo episodes, she presents personal tales, discusses study findings, and complements them with summaries of other related social science work. Grief expert David Kessler, singer Alicia Keys, writer Glennon Doyle, and activist Tarana Burke, who began the Me Too movement, have all been interviewed. Brown’s conversation with Debbie Millman was featured on the season 5 premiere of Storybound in 2022.
Brené Brown Books
She is the author of six number-one New York Times best-selling books as of 2021: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, Dare to Lead, and Atlas of the Heart. In March 2013, she discussed Daring Greatly with Oprah Winfrey on Super Soul Sunday. The title of the book is taken from Theodore Roosevelt’s 1910 Sorbonne speech, “Citizenship in a Republic.” Atlas of the Heart, her most recent book, was released in November 2021 with the objective of helping readers improve their emotional vocabulary—the language they use to describe their feelings.
Brown contributed an advise chapter to Tim Ferriss’ book Tools of Titans. She co-wrote You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame, Resilience, and the Black Experience with Tarana Burke, an anthology of articles by Black people examining the trauma of white supremacy as well as the experiences of Black love and Black life.
Brené Brown Ted Talk
Brown’s TEDx lecture “The Power of Vulnerability” from Houston in 2010 is one of the top five most viewed TED speeches. Its success catapulted her work from relative obscurity in academia into the public eye. The address, according to the author, “summarizes a decade of Brown’s research on shame, framing her weightiest discoveries in self-deprecating and personal terms.” According to Reggie Ugwu of The New York Times, this event offered the world “a new star of social psychology.” In 2012, she followed up this famous TED presentation with another titled “Listening to Shame.” In the second talk, she expands on the thesis of her first TED talk by discussing how her life has altered since the first and explaining the connection between shame and vulnerability.
She also has a lesser-known TEDxKC lecture from 2010 titled “The Price of Invulnerability.” She explains in it that when we numb painful and uncomfortable experiences, we basically numb positive emotions like joy. This inspired the production of her recorded lecture, Brené Brown: The Call to Courage, which premiered on Netflix in 2019. According to USA Today, it’s “a mix of a motivational speech and a stand-up comedy special.” Brown addresses how and why to choose courage over comfort, comparing bravery to vulnerability. According to her studies, doing so opens people up to love, joy, and belonging by allowing them to get to know themselves better and connect more intimately with others.
Brené Brown Netflix
She features in the Netflix documentary Brené Brown: The Call to Courage, which was released in 2019. The Call to Courage by Brené Brown explores how bravery can emerge from confronting our innermost insecurities. Brené Brown has previously published TED Talks and books on the subject, and this documentary expands on her work. Brown begins by equating courage to vulnerability, stating that one must be vulnerable in order to be brave. She displays cover design concepts for her book Daring Greatly to demonstrate how shame and vulnerability are seen differently across cultures.