Brene Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work.
Brown studies human connection -- our ability to empathize, belong, love. She has spent the past ten years studying vulnerability, courage, authenticity, and shame.
She is also the author of The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are.
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2012-01-31
Posted in TED Talks (Individual)
Sherry Turkle is a Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Having obtained her undergraduate degree of BA of Social Studies and later her Ph.D. in Sociology and Personality Psychology at Harvard University, she now focuses her research on psychoanalysis and human-technology interaction.
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2012-01-31
Posted in Profiles & Bios
My 56th birthday will be/is/was Saturday January 28th, and I'm a classic Aquarian through and through.
As with most astrological signs, there's both good and "not so good" in that :P
Here is, in part, what it means:
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2012-01-27
Posted in Amazing Susan's Blog
My mother's sister Jean died just a few hours ago. She was 85, and she had Alzheimer's.
She had been hospitalised last week after she fell out of bed at the care facility where she had resided for the last five years.
She was known affectionatley to her sisters, brother, nieces and nephews as "Auntie Jean'o" or "AJ." She was a good soul with a kind heart.
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2012-01-22
Posted in Amazing Susan's Blog
Susan notes: Another great one from The Daily Om
Our individual reactions to events are shaped by what we ourselves have experienced in our own lives.
Our view of the universe is largely determined by our experiences....
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2011-12-22
Posted in Parables and Stories