This document discusses the concept of vulnerability through quotes by various authors and an expert, Suzanne Letourneau. It defines vulnerability as being susceptible to harm both physically and emotionally, and as being open to criticism. Letourneau argues that vulnerability is the core of relationships and brings freedom, while invulnerability breeds more fear and separation. The holidays are noted as a time when feelings of vulnerability may intensify for some people.

1. SUZANNE LETOURNEAU
AUTHOR OF THE AWARD WINNING BOOK
SOAR WITH VULNERABILITY

2. QUOTE 1
• WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN, WE USED TO THINK THAT WHEN WE WERE
GROWN-UP WE WOULD NO LONGER BE VULNERABLE.
BUT TO GROW UP IS TO ACCEPT VULNERABILITY…TO BE ALIVE IS TO BE
VULNERABLE.
MADELEINE L’ENGLE
AMERICAN WRITER WHO WROTE OVER 60 BOOKS

3. QUOTE 2
• THERE CAN BE NO VULNERABILITY WITHOUT RISK; THERE CAN BE NO
COMMUNITY WITHOUT VULNERABILITY; THERE CAN BE NO PEACE, AND
ULTIMATELY NO LIFE, WITHOUT COMMUNITY.
SCOTT PECK
AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIST AND BEST SELLING AUTHOR

4. QUOTE 3
• I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT THE VULNERABILITY I’VE ALWAYS FELT IS THE
GREATEST STRENGTH A PERSON CAN HAVE. YOU CAN’T EXPERIENCE LIFE
WITHOUT FEELING LIFE.
ELIZABETH SHUE
AMERICAN ACTRESS

5. QUOTE 4
• THROUGH MY RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT VULNERABILITY IS THE GLUE THAT
HOLDS RELATIONSHIPS TOGETHER. IT’S THE MAGIC SAUCE.
BRENE BROWN
RESEARCH PROFESSOR, AUTHOR, SPEAKER

6. QUOTE 5
•YOU ARE ONLY INVULNERABLE, WHEN YOU ARE IN FEAR.
SUZANNE LETOURNEAU

7. WHY DURING THE HOLIDAYS?
• THE HOLIDAYS ARE SUPPOSE TO BE. A TIME FOR CHEERING, GETTING
TOGETHER WITH FAMILY, DANCING, SINGING, EATING AND CELEBRATING.
• THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS A TIME WHEN YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE
INTENSE EMOTIONS ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE NOT SURROUNDED BY LOVED
ONES.
• IT IS ALSO A TIME OF ¨VULNERABILITY¨ IF YOU FIND YOURSELF WITHOUT A JOB,
NO MONEY, HEALTH ISSUES, LIVING IN A RESIDENCE FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE, AND
NO ONE TO SPEND CHRISTMAS WITH .

8. EXPERT
I WROTE A BOOK SOAR WITH VULNERABILITY
I WENT FROM PRETENDING AND BEING INVINCIBLE (INVULNERABLE) TO BEING REAL.
I WENT FROM BEING UNREACHABLE TO BEING AUTHENTIC.
I WENT FROM BEING IN FEAR TO BEING IN TRUST. (LOVE)

9. WORLDLY DEFINITION
1. TO BE CAPABLE OF BEING PHYSICALLY OR EMOTIONALLY WOUNDED.
2. TO BE CAPABLE OF BEING PERSUADED OR TEMPTED
3. REFER TO A PERSON WHO LET’S HER GUARDS DOWN, LEAVING THEMSELVES
OPEN TO CENSURE AND CRITICISM.

10. VULNERABLE• OBJECT:
I. BROKEN BEFORE IS MORE VULNERABLE
TO BREAK AGAIN
II. COMPUTER WITHOUT VIRUS PROTECTION
IS VULNERABLE TO GET INFECTED
III.BAD HOUSE FOUNDATION IS VULNERABLE
TO FUTURE PROBLEMS
• EMOTIONS/HUMAN BEINGS
I. WEAK
II. EXPOSED
III.DEFENCELESS
SUSCEPTIBLE
SUBJECT TO
PREDISPOSED
SENSITIVITY
OPENNESS
NOTHING TO DEFEND
YOURSELF FROM

11. HOLIDAYS OR NOT…
•INVULNERABILITY ATTRACTS INVULNERABILITY. FEAR ATTRACTS
FEAR. CREATING MORE SEPARATION AND HOSTILITY.
•HIDING YOUR VULNERABILITY IS NOT ALLOWING FOR YOUR
RELATIONSHIPS TO BE COMPLETE.
•IT IS ONLY IN YOUR VULNERABILITY THAT YOU FIND TRUE
FREEDOM

12. VULNERABILITY
• ALLOWING YOURSELF TO BE VULNERABLE
AROUND THE HOLIDAYS CAN TRANSFORM
SOMEONE’S LIFE, INCLUDING YOURS.LOVE IS AT THE VERY
CORE OF OUR
EXISTENCE

13. HOLIDAYS
HOW CAN WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE DURING THE HOLIDAYS?
• STOP & DARE BE YOURSELF IN AUTHENTICITY
• LET GO OF YOUR STORIES, OF OLD BELIEFS & FALSE PROTECTION
• HUG SOMEONE WHO DOESN’T EXPECT IT.
• DARE SAY: I WAS WRONG, I DON’T KNOW, I AM SORRY, I LOVE YOU..

14. SURRENDER
• IN THE WILLINGNESS OF SURRENDERING,
EVERYTHING BECOMES MUCH SIMPLER AND
MORE NATURAL.
ANOTHER MISUNDERSTOOD
WORD.
I THOUGHT IT MEANT TO GIVE UP,
TO QUIT.

15. SEND YOUR NUDGETS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2013
@ 7:00PM EST
SUZANNE@SUZANNELETOURNEAU.COM