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Unlocking Us with Brené Brown

Brené with Dr. Edith Eger on Recognizing the Choices and Gifts in Our Lives

Unlocking Us with Brené Brown

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Education, Relationships, Self-improvement

4.624.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

I’m talking to clinical psychologist and author Dr. Edith Eger about her books, The Choice and The Gift. Dr. Eger is a Holocaust survivor who has dedicated her career to helping us understand trauma, anger, resilience, and the power of choosing how we see ourselves and how we resist the labels that people put on us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi everyone I'm Brinay Brown and this is unlocking S.

0:05.8

This week I am talking with Dr Edith Eager

0:09.4

about recognizing the choices we have in our lives

0:12.0

that sometimes don't appear or feel like choices and also

0:17.6

understanding and identifying some of the gifts in our lives that I can tell you for sure don't always feel like gifts in the moment.

0:24.0

Dr Edith Eager is a clinical psychologist. Her books The Choice and The Gift are the focus

0:31.0

of our conversation. She is a Holocaust survivor who has dedicated her

0:35.1

career to helping us understand trauma, anger, rage, resilience, and the power of getting to choose how we see ourselves and the importance of

0:49.8

resisting the labels that people put on us.

0:53.7

This was a once in a lifetime experience for me

0:58.8

to talk to Dr. Eager, and I'm so grateful

1:01.0

that you're here to be a part of it.

1:03.0

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1:16.2

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