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In her landmark 2010 TEDxHouston talk, Brené Brown opens by introducing herself as a researcher-storyteller who studies "wholehearted" living—people with a strong sense of love and belonging. She humorously shares her "vulnerability hangover" from a previous talk and admits to having a "vulnerability issue," framing her research journey as a personal, uncomfortable struggle to understand that vulnerability is the core of shame and fear, but also the birthplace of joy, creativity, and connection.