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Unlocking Us with Brené Brown

Podcast · 2020–present (hiatus 2023; relaunched Feb 2024) · Hosted by Brené Brown (research professor with a social work background; researcher, not a practising clinician) · Parcast/Spotify, then Vox Media Podcast Network from 2024

Shame says you're the only one. Naming it is the first way out.

Who it's for

Brown translates her qualitative research on shame and vulnerability into everyday language, which gives listeners words for feelings they struggle to name.

Guilty / Ashamed→Self-Compassion

Feelings it meets

What it is

Unlocking Us is a podcast hosted by Brené Brown that explores vulnerability and what it means to be human, drawing on her social work research background. Episodes include interviews on grief, emotional intelligence and relationships, with guests such as David Kessler and Harriet Lerner. It launched in 2020.

Where to find it

Apple Podcasts, Spotify, brenebrown.com.

Before you start

Heads up: Grief, shame and occasional trauma.

Age: Not verified (suggested 14+)

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

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