Brené Brown: The Call to Courage

I had never heard of Brene Brown before I stumbled across her netflix special, The Call to Courage. Within the first few minutes she had me hooked, her personal stories moved me to tears and laughter while making me see things in life from another perspective. It is definitely worth the watch and now I am off to seek out more of Brene Brown!

Considering Brown's oustanding Ted Talks, this Netflix special comes as a deep disappointment with all of her quirky sayings and ideas being regurgitated in a blant and predictable fashion.

With no original thought, it seems that Brown has ran out of ideas as she akwardly tries to fill up the time with personal narratives which are akward and disjointed in its intended message. Her self-assigned role as a hyped-up comedian story-teller (with more than usual swearing) overshadows the essence of her message.

This Netflix special comes across as stereotypical with many cliches we have come to associate with motivational speakers. There seems to be much less authenticity and vulnerability in Brown's way of presenting, as it seems much more rehearsed and edited.

One is left wondering where Brown's courageous stage presence has disappeared to.

Oh wow what a grift if I ever heard one. She's noting "pertinent" personal life stories to illustrate how she's come *so far* to be courageous and vulnerable, but ends up just sounding like a tone-deaf narcissist who wants to talk about herself and employs subtle ways of positioning in a category of expertise where she has very little? She's way better off spouting her cold academic "research" rather than trying to speak from experience. This whole thing just comes off like a remedial piece designed to introduce narcissists to the concept of empathy and vulnerability- and the irony there is, it can't be taught which renders this whole thing a scam. Absolute waste of time.

Very inspiring!! It's a must watch for anyone who feels a bit stuck at the moment and needs a good kick up their backside. Thank you!!!

Is she a professor, is she a stand up comedian, is she a constant talker... Who even knows.

I felt like I was watching a comedy show because Brene talks and then waits for the audience to laugh. Just her tone and body language and the words she uses. A big part of me didn't connect with her like I did during her first Ted Talk. All she did here is talk about her life. Her husband. Her kids. It was so boring, I'm surprised people were actually sat there paying attention and LAUGHING.

I get you need a narrative to relate to your experiences but she just kept going on and on about her personal stories. Not to mention her constant reference to being a Texan. We get it.

Call to Courage just didn't hit the punchline. There was nothing to learn from this.