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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:37:05 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Ordinary Courage</title><link>http://www.ordinarycourage.com/my-blog/</link><description></description><lastBuildDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:59:03 +0000</lastBuildDate><copyright>Copyright © 2008 by Brené Brown</copyright><language>en-US</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>a week of worthiness!</title><category>wholehearted</category><dc:creator>Brené Brown</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:05:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.ordinarycourage.com/my-blog/2010/3/8/a-week-of-worthiness.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">195121:1891198:6935357</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><a href="http://www.ordinarycourage.com/hustle-for-worthiness-dvd/" target="_blank"><img style="width: 250px;" src="http://www.ordinarycourage.com/storage/BBrownCaseFrontMed.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1267990682180" alt="" /></a></span></span>On February 4th, I gave a lecture on my new research on love, belonging, and the power of <em>being enough</em>. The lecture was filmed and the DVD release date is today!</p>
<p>We're celebrating the release of <a href="http://www.ordinarycourage.com/hustle-for-worthiness-dvd/" target="_blank">"The Hustle for Worthiness" DVD </a>with an entire <strong><em>Week of Worthiness</em></strong>. It's all part of the Wholehearted Revolution!</p>
<p><span>Wholehearted living is about engaging in our lives from a place of worthiness. It means cultivating the courage, compassion, and connection to wake up in the morning and think, <em>No matter what gets done and how much is left undone; I am enough</em>.</span></p>
<p><span>It&rsquo;s going to bed at night thinking, <em>Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn&rsquo;t change the truth that I am worthy of love and belonging</em>.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p>So many of us have knowingly created / unknowingly allowed / or been handed down a long list of worthiness "prerequisites."</p>
<p><em>I'll be worthy when I lose 20 pounds.</em></p>
<p><em>I'll be worthy if I get pregnant. </em></p>
<p><em>I'll be worthy if everyone thinks I'm a good mom. </em></p>
<p><em>I'll be worthy if I can make a living selling my art. </em></p>
<p><em>I'll be worthy if I can hold my marriage together. </em></p>
<p><em>I'll be worthy when I make partner. </em></p>
<p><em>I'll be worthy when I can do it all and look like I'm not even trying.</em></p>
<p><em>and so on . . .</em></p>
<p>Here's what is truly at the<em> heart </em>of Wholeheartedness:</p>
<p><strong>Worthy NOW! Not when. Not if. We are worthy of love and belonging NOW. Right this minute. As is.</strong></p>
<p>I'm giving away 3 copies of the DVD. All you have to do to win is leave your name along with this comment: "I am worthy NOW."&nbsp;</p>
<p>Join me and some of my favorite bloggers this week as we take to the streets to celebrate our messy, imperfect, wild, stretch-marked, wonderful, heartbreaking, grace-filled, and joyful lives!</p>
<p>There are wonderful giveaways coming from several different bloggers (check out the links below)! Also, stay tuned to this post to find out who is posting and what's going on!</p>
<p>Also, if you're blogging on worthiness this week, leave us a link once you've posted so we can connect!</p>
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<p>If you're interested in learning more about my work on men, couples, parenting, the workplace, and the Wholehearted Journey, you can <a href="http://www.ordinarycourage.com/hustle-for-worthiness-dvd/" target="_blank">read more about the DVD here! </a></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.ordinarycourage.com/my-blog/rss-comments-entry-6935357.xml</wfw:commentRss></item></channel></rss>