Brené Brown: Trauma's primary casualty is the willingness to be vulnerable
Brené Brown · Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown · Aug 12, 2021 · at 18:16
Researcher and author Brené Brown discusses how psychological trauma affects leadership, human connection, and vulnerability at the How I Built This summit.
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“The first and probably most devastating casualty of trauma is the ability or willingness to be vulnerable.”
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