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mgoingtotellyoualittlebitaboutmyTEDxHoustonTalk.IwokeupthemorningafterIgavethatTalkwiththeworstvulnerabilityhangoverofmylife.AndIactuallydidn'tleavemyhouseforaboutthreedays.ThefirsttimeIleftwastomeetafriendforlunch.AndwhenIwalkedin,shewasalreadyatthetable.AndIsatdown,andshesaid,"God,youlooklikehell."Isaid,"Thanks.Ifeelreally--I'mnotfunctioning."Andshesaid,"What'sgoingon?"AndIsaid,"Ijusttold500peoplethatIbecamearesearchertoavoidvulnerability.Andthatwhenbeingvulnerableemergedfrommydata,asabsolutelyessentialtowhole-heartedliving,Itoldthese500peoplethatIhadabreakdown.IhadaslidethatsaidBreakdown.AtwhatpointdidIthinkthatwasagoodidea?"(LaughterAndshesaid,"IsawyourTalklive-streamed.Itwasnotreallyyou.Itwasalittledifferentthanwhatyouusuallydo.Butitwasgreat."AndIsaid,"Thiscan'thappen.YouTube,they'reputtingthisthingonYouTube.Andwe'regoingtobetalkingabout600,700people."(LaughterAndshesaid,"Well,Ithinkit'stoolate."AndIsaid,"Letmeaskyousomething."Andshesaid,"Yeah."AndIsaid,"Doyourememberwhenwewereincollegeandreallywildandkindofdumb?"Andshesaid,"Yeah."AndIsaid,"Rememberwhenwe'dleaveareallybadmessageonourex-boyfriend'sansweringmachine?Thenwe'dhavetobreakintohisdormroomandthenerasethetape?"(LaughterAndshegoes,"Uh...no."(LaughterSoofcourse,theonlythingIcouldthinkoftosayatthatpointwas,"Yeah,meneither.That...meneither."AndI'mthinkingtomyself,"Brene,whatareyoudoing?Whatareyoudoing?Whydidyoubringthisup?Haveyoulostyourmind?Yoursisterswouldbeperfectforthis."SoIlookedbackupandshesaid,"AreyoureallygoingtotrytobreakinandstealthevideobeforetheyputitonYouTube?"AndIsaid,"I'mjustthinkingaboutitalittlebit."(LaughterShesaid,"You'reliketheworstvulnerabilityrolemodelever."(LaughterAndthenIlookedatherandIsaidsomethingthatatthetimefeltalittledramatic,butendedupbeingmorepropheticthandramatic.Isaid,"If500turnsinto1,000or2,000,mylifeisover."(LaughterIhadnocontingencyplanforfourmillion.(LaughterAndmylifedidendwhenthathappened.AndmaybethehardestpartaboutmylifeendingisthatIlearnedsomethinghardaboutmyself,andthatwasthat,asmuchasIwouldfrustratedaboutnotbeingabletogetmyworkouttotheworld,therewasapartofmethatwasworkingveryhardtoengineer
stayingsmall,stayingrightundertheradar.ButIwanttotalkaboutwhatI'velearned.There'stwothingsthatI'velearnedinthelastyear.Thefirstisvulnerabilityisnotweakness.Andthatmythisprofoundlydangerous.Letmeaskyouhonestly--andI'llgiveyouthiswarning,I'mtrainedasatherapist,soIcanout-waityouuncomfortably--soifyoucouldjustraiseyourhandthatwouldbeawesome--howmanyofyouhonestly,whenyou'rethinkingaboutdoingsomethingvulnerableorsayingsomethingvulnerable,think,"God,vulnerability'sweakness.This