{"id":647966,"date":"2013-03-20T17:30:21","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T21:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/?p=73487"},"modified":"2013-03-20T17:12:35","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T21:12:35","slug":"brene-brown-interviewed-by-oprah-in-a-two-part-episode-of-super-soul-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/647966","title":{"rendered":"Brene Brown interviewed by Oprah in a two-part episode of &ldquo;Super Soul Sunday&rdquo;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='586' height='360' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RKV0BWSPfOw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;%23038;fs=1&#038;%23038;showsearch=0&#038;%23038;showinfo=1&#038;%23038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;%23038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Oprah Winfrey revealed that she and TED speaker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/brene_brown.html\">Bren\u00e9 Brown<\/a> are \u201csoul mates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html\" class=\"video_teaser\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/4e1c25357f3ddd259c2eb15871337c2f0172f5a0_240x180.jpg\" alt=\"Bren\u00e9 Brown: The power of vulnerability\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" \/>Bren\u00e9 Brown: The power of vulnerability<span class=\"play\"><\/span><\/a>As the pair sat down for an in-depth discussion on <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/own-super-soul-sunday\/super-soul-sunday.html\">Super Soul Sunday<\/a><\/i> &#8212; part one of which aired last Sunday, with part two to air next Sunday &#8212; they excitedly talked about many of the concepts which Brown raised in her classic TED Talk, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html\">The power of vulnerability<\/a>.\u201d One interesting moment came when Brown shared a counterintuitive thought on what scares us the most.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs someone who studies shame and scarcity and fear, if you asked me, \u2018What is the most terrifying, difficult emotion we experience as humans?,\u2019 I would say joy,\u201d says Brown. \u201cWhen we lose our tolerance for vulnerability, joy becomes foreboding. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/brene_brown_listening_to_shame.html\" class=\"video_teaser\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/1ae61d27d8804780fdcc38483a66654f66993f95_240x180.jpg\" alt=\"Bren\u00e9 Brown: Listening to shame\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" \/>Bren\u00e9 Brown: Listening to shame<span class=\"play\"><\/span><\/a>So what we do in moments of joyfulness is we try to beat vulnerability to the punch \u2026 We try to dress-rehearse tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, says Brown during the first part of this intervie, \u00a0fear seems to be an ever-present part of our experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s a thin film of terror wrapped around us,\u201d says Brown. \u201cIf it\u2019s not, \u2018I\u2019m not safe enough\u2019 or \u2018I\u2019m not secure enough,\u2019 it\u2019s \u2018I\u2019m not liked enough,\u2019 \u2018I\u2019m not promoted enough,\u2019 \u2018I\u2019m not loved enough\u2019 \u2026 at the very bottom, \u2018I\u2019m not good enough.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/own-super-soul-sunday\/Full-Episode-Oprah-and-Brene-Brown-on-Daring-Greatly-Video\">Watch part one of Brown\u2019s \u201cSuper Soul Sunday\u201d appearance here \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And stay tuned to the Oprah Winfrey Network this Sunday, March 24, at 11am (EST) to see part two.<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/73487\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/73487\/\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=blog.ted.com&#038;blog=14795620&#038;%23038;post=73487&#038;%23038;subd=tedconfblog&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TEDBlog\/~4\/tkMy7AeFSu4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, Oprah Winfrey revealed that she and TED speaker Bren\u00e9 Brown are \u201csoul mates.\u201d Bren\u00e9 Brown: The power of vulnerabilityAs the pair sat down for an in-depth discussion on Super Soul Sunday &#8212; 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