Life Is All About Taking Risks

Learning How To Manage Vulnerability Is Crucial

Welcome to the Autumn Leaf Counseling blog. I’m Jorie, and this is my first blog post – and I’m about to do something that I’ve never done before.

For me, it’s a risk; however, it’s one that I’m willing to take because life is all about taking risks.

And without learning how to manage our inner vulnerabilities, we become complacent, we refuse to change, and we don’t give ourselves every opportunity in the world to succeed and live the lives that we want.

ALC is a brand new counseling service for me; and at first, it was a little scary and intimidating. But by allowing myself to take the risk and practice what I love, I quickly realized how rewarding this experience has been for me personally, but also for my clients.

And to speak to that, I’d like to share a quote from Brene Brown, a leading social worker and researcher. Brene says:

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.” --Brene Brown

​Truth and Courage

Facing the truth isn’t always easy to do – especially if it’s something that makes us feel uncomfortable. However, when we show courage and face reality, we are often presented with something that isn’t as uncomfortable as we thought it would be.

And when Brown says that vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage, she is referring to the idea that vulnerability can frighten us – and even the word itself can spark feelings of trepidation. 

However, when we allow ourselves to feel vulnerable, when we take risks, and when we face challenges head-on, it feels like courage.

We receive all of the glory that comes along with being brave and courageous, and all of the praise for accomplishing our goals and overcoming our challenges.

​Managing Vulnerability

By learning to manage your own feelings of vulnerability, you can learn to gain the courage necessary to inspire real change in your life. You won’t have to feel complacent in your fears and you won’t have to feel forced into living the life that you didn’t set out to live.

Instead, you can open yourself up to take risks, experience an unknown outcome, and see everything that life really does have to offer you.

For me, I even go back to my opening sentence of this article – this is my first blog. I’ve never written one before and it’s something entirely new to me. Sure, I was uncomfortable about it at first and I certainly wasn’t sure how it would come out.

But as I began writing it, it became exciting. It was a new challenge that I could try to overcome.

And while I feel that sense of vulnerability, I also feel that sense of courage for allowing myself to let my guard down and let others into my life through words. 

Sure, it was a risk. But remember, life is all about taking risks.