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Category : CourageousVulnerability

Courageous Vulnerability: A Problem for Men?

Posted by Birute Regine 04 11th, 2013

In isolated North Korea, the new and untested president Kim Jong-un asserts his authority and power with threats and saber rattling—well, actually nuclear arms rattling. Rutgers basketball coach, Mike Rice, demonstrates his power and authority by whacking a kid’s head with a basketball and smearing his team with slurs that deride anything feminine. In Colombine, […]

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Vulnerability Management: Required course for leaders?

Posted by Birute Regine 07 11th, 2011

 I was having dinner with a friend, a very successful consultant, whom I hadn’t seen for quite awhile. As we munched on a Caesar salad, I talked about my research on successful women. “I asked myself what did these women, from many walks of life, share in common,” I told my friend. “What I discovered […]

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The Winter Solstice Within

Posted by Birute Regine 12 14th, 2010

I’m in New Hampshire, looking out my window as I write. The night flurries have left the pines sugar-coated; the peninsula juts out into the frozen river of white and grey.  Clouds drift heavily in the sky, casting shadows on the path that winds through the woods like a white ribbon. The winter landscape is a palette […]

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The Gift of Vulnerability

Posted by Birute Regine 08 15th, 2010

In a domination culture, which is the culture we live in, vulnerabilities are regarded only as a weakness and something to deny and avoid. No wonder, because exposing a vulnerability  in a domination-based society is an opportunity to exploit and diminish someone in order to elevate yourself. Consequently, a lot of people end up disconnecting and […]

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Be courageously vulnerable

Posted by Birute Regine 07 21st, 2010

Courage is often associated with the heroes journey–taking enormous physical risks, running into burning houses, slaying the enemy. And indeed, these are courageous acts. But there is a courage that is not as visible. In her book The Chalice and the Blade, Riane Eisler speaks about a different kind of courage:  “the courage to risk […]

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The spirit of Devas

Posted by Birute Regine 03 22nd, 2010

  I’m always on the alert to write about new Iron Butterflies and what these determined and gentle women are up to. I welcome you to comment on an Iron Butterfly you know and admire. Share a story.   Or tell your story of a time you were courageously vulnerable or wish you had been.  Here’s […]

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