Sydney Enderlin

What is the best way to ease someones pain and suffering? In this beautifully animated RSA Short, Dr Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuine empathic connection if we are brave enough to really get in touch with our own fragilities.

Voice: Dr Brené Brown

Animation: Katy Davis (AKA Gobblynne) www.gobblynne.com

Production and Editing: Al Francis-Sears and Abi Stephenson

Watch Dr Brené Browns full talk The Power of Vulnerability here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXSjc-pbXk4

Dr Brené Brown is a research professor and best-selling author of "Daring Greatly: How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead" (Penguin Portfolio, 2013).

She has spent the past decade studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame.

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