![]() ![]() Don’t put me on the spot.” I don’t know, I have a Peloton bike, I’m going to say that because that sounds cooler. I’m sitting here with my sister Barrett, would you call it a bicycle, like…īB: She’s shrugging her shoulders like, “I don’t know. ![]() Little things, small daily things can also push us in really tough ways. And being new… Being new at big things is hard, but it’s not just life’s big moments, like new jobs or new roles or moving in with a new partner for the first time or having a baby, it’s not just the big things that are tough when it comes to being new. Experience teaches us that as much as we want to fast forward through the hard, rocky parts of doing something that we’ve never done before, we just can’t. And I can tell you if the definition of vulnerability is uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure, then being new at something is the epitome of vulnerability.īB: What’s also tricky, I think for me is, by the time you reach middle age, which I define “somewhere between late 30s and dead”, by the time you reach middle age, you know that the only way to get to the other side of the discomfort of being new is to push right through the middle. I’m going to try this new thing,” the awkward, uncomfortable time comes right after the excitement and it feels awful. Even when we’re excited and committed and we’re like, “I’m going to do this. I think for all of us, being new at something is incredibly vulnerable. As much as I love this new podcast, what I don’t love is being new at things, and we’re going to talk about being new at things today. I will tell you this, and this is what we’re going to talk about FFTs today, and here’s where I’ll start. So welcome to the first episode of Unlocking Us. I love listening, I love learning, I love talking to people, and I’ve been an interviewer for 20 years, 25 years, it’s just my… It’s my thing. As much as I love giving talks, I think I like listening even more. I want to do this for the rest of my life. ![]() I think I’ve recorded three episodes, and I have to say, I love it. This is our very first Unlocking Us podcast and I am… I’m somewhere at the intersection of like maybe scared and excited, which is an intersection that I frequent often, but you’d think it’d get easier, but it doesn’t always get easier. You can hear me, like you can hear me smiling through my talking here. Brené Brown: Hi everyone, I’m Brené Brown, and this is Unlocking Us. ![]()
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