"The Power of Vulnerability" and "Listening to Shame"

Dear T,

I found the first of the following talks on the "Most Viewed" menu at http://www.ted.com/

Start with #1 but be sure to get to the end of #2.

1.)  http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html

2.) http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame.html?quote=1411

vulnerable 

c.1600, from L.L. vulnerabilis "wounding," from L. vulnerare "to wound," from vulnus (gen. vulneris) "wound," perhaps related tovellere "pluck, to tear."

shame (n.) 

O.E. sceamu, sceomu "feeling of guilt or disgrace," from P.Gmc. *skamo (cf. O.S. skama, O.N. skömm, Swed. skam, O.Fris. scome,Du. schaamte, O.H.G. scama, Ger. Scham), probably from PIE *skem-, from *kem- "to cover" (covering oneself being a common expression of shame).  

Love

Alan


PS If you haven't seen Jill Bolte Taylor's "Stroke of Insight," please do. 
http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html