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Why Is It So Hard to Ask for Help?

By Laurie Leinwand — 2016

We all have moments in our lives when we require the assistance of others. We don’t ever know all there is to know or have the skills to do everything proficiently or successfully. We certainly don’t expect that of others, either. So it makes sense we would have occasion to ask someone for help at some point.

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The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help

Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars.

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Amanda Palmer, Brené Brown (foreword)
2025
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Daring Greatly to Unlock Your Creativity with Brené Brown | Chase Jarvis Live | ChaseJarvis

Chase welcomes author, scholar, and public speaker Brene Brown to his Seattle studio to discuss how to cultivate creativity.

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Brené Brown
2014
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Brené Brown | Daring Classrooms | SXSWedu 2017

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Brené Brown
2017
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Brené Brown: Why Your Critics Aren’t the Ones Who Count

Author and vulnerability researcher Brené Brown shows us how to deal with the critics and our own self-doubt by refusing to “armor up” and shut ourselves off. “Not caring what people think,” she says, “is its own kind of hustle.”

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Brené Brown
2013
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Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

Every day we experience the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable or to dare greatly.

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Brené Brown
2025
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You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organizers, artists, academics, and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resilience.

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Tarana Burke (editor), Brené Brown (editor)
2021
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Bravery and Authenticity in a Digital World, with Brené Brown | Chase Jarvis Live

Chase Jarvis welcomes author, scholar, and public speaker Brené Brown to the studio to discuss how failure, heartbreak, or loss can unlock creativity and your biggest successes in life.

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Brené Brown
2015
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The Call to Courage—Brené Brown Compilation

This video is included in the free online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course (MBSR) by Palouse Mindfulness. It is an edited compilation of three videos.

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Brené Brown
2019
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Dr. Brené Brown: The Two Most Dangerous Words in Your Vocabulary | SuperSoul Sunday | OWN

Dr. Brene Brown started her research on vulnerability, worthiness and shame six months before September 11, 2001, and says our culture has been marked by deep fear since then. That fear, she says, has now shifted from external events to the fear that we as individuals are simply not enough

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Brené Brown
2013
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The Power of Vulnerability | Brené Brown

Vulnerability is the key to human connection.

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Brené Brown
2011
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