Lorri A. Hilbert, Ph.D.

Therapy for Adults, Adolescents and Families

The Daring Way™ – Based on the Research of Brené Brown

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I am a certified The Daring Way™ facilitator who integrates Brene Brown’s curriculum into my therapy and I occasionally offer workshops. This method was developed to help men, women, and adolescents learn how to show up, be seen, and live brave lives. A focus of this curriculum is on developing shame resilience skills and developing daily practices that transform the way we live, love, parent, and lead. During the process we explore topics such as vulnerability, courage, shame, empathy and worthiness. We examine the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that are holding us back and we identify the new choices and practices that will move us toward more authentic and wholehearted living.

In The Gifts of Imperfection, Brené Brown writes about living wholeheartedly, which refers to living with purpose, love and worthiness.

“Wholehearted living is about engaging in our lives from a place of worthiness. It means cultivating the courage, compassion, and connection to wake up in the morning and think, no matter what gets done and how much if left undone, I am enough. It’s going to bed at night thinking, Yes I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn’t change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.”

10 Guideposts for Wholehearted Living

From Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, and Parent

  1. Cultivating Authenticity: Letting Go of What People Think
  2. Cultivating Self‐Compassion: Letting Go of Perfectionism
  3. Cultivating a Resilient Spirit: Letting Go of Numbing and Powerlessness
  4. Cultivating Gratitude and Joy: Letting Go of Scarcity and Fear of the Dark
  5. Cultivating Intuition and Trusting Faith: Letting Go of the Need for Certainty
  6. Cultivating Creativity: Letting Go of Comparison
  7. Cultivating Play and Rest: Letting Go of Exhaustion as a Status Symbol and Productivity as Self‐Worth
  8. Cultivating Calm and Stillness: Letting Go of Anxiety as a Lifestyle
  9. Cultivating Meaningful Work: Letting Go of Self‐Doubt and “Supposed To”
  10. Cultivating Laughter, Song, and Dance: Letting Go of Being Cool and “Always in Control”