Episode 21

In this Zessions podcast episode, our Co-Founders Mandi and Sapna discuss how they help their clients in session to have vulnerable and productive conversations in their important relationships. Throughout this Zession, we hope you’ll gain insight into what it means to be vulnerable and how to understand your own emotions to navigate the relationship with yourself and others. Through this podcast, we aim to increase understanding of the potential challenges of being vulnerable along with how to plan for vulnerable conversations: finding the right time and place to have them and how to prepare emotionally to have these conversations productively.

• Brene Brown, author and researcher on shame and vulnerability
• Books, particularly Daring Greatly and Atlas of the Heart, but also Gifts of Imperfection, and Rising Strong
• Netflix Special: The Call to Courage
• YouTube Videos: The Power of Vulnerability; Listening to Shame
• John Gottman (researcher on relationships) & The Gottman Institute: https://www.gottman.com/
• 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse: https://www.gottman.com/blog/the-four-horsemen-recognizing-criticism-contempt-defensiveness-and-stonewalling/
• Soft startup: https://www.gottman.com/blog/softening-startup/
• I-statements: https://www.firstsession.com/resources/how-to-use-i-statements
• Respond vs React Course Link: https://zessio.com/respond-vs-react-course/
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