Dr. Brown is a researcher in human emotion, connection, shame, vulnerability, and related topics. She’s what we in academia call a “public scholar” because in addition to her academic duties like presenting at conferences, publishing papers, and teaching, she shares her work with the world.
A friend introduced me to her work at the beginning of the pandemic, and I’ve devoured pretty much everything she’s put into the world, more recently her podcasts Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead in which she applies her knowledge in interviews with incredible people and in solo thoughts about the state of the world and us as humans in it.
This particular episode (F—ing First Times) is one I love to share with newer music students or people learning new things because she talks about the normal frustration we feel when we can’t do it perfectly immediately.
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