Valarie Kaur on Sage Warrior: Wake to Oneness, Practice Pleasure, Choose Courage, Become Victory

Hi, everyone. I'm Brene Brown, and this is unlocking us. Welcome to our new eight part series that I am calling On My Heart and Mind. This series starts today with my conversation with Valerie Kaur on the power of revolutionary love and what it means to be a sage warrior. This is a tearful, beautiful conversation. I'm really grateful that you're here for it. In this series, I'm also gonna be talking to folks, really about the things I can't stop thinking about right now. I'm in a conversation with the always, always thought provoking, throw the essay through the window, Roxanne Gay, who is gonna be talking about black gun ownership, what stand your ground means, and what it doesn't mean. I'm talking with doctor Sarah Lewis on her stunning new book, The Unseen Truth. And I'm talking with doctor Mary Claire Haver on bullshit menopause. I love her approach. She is so straightforward, not having it, and really letting us know what to expect and what's happening and why. It's it's a great conversation. I'm also gonna talk with my sisters, Ashley and Barrett, on grief and love and finding unexpected joy in grief. So I'm glad you're here for the series. I appreciate it. I think a lot of us have a lot on our our hearts and minds right now. I hope you'll find the convos helpful. Avoiding your unfinished home projects because you're not sure where to start? Thumbtack knows homes, so you don't have to. Don't know the difference between matte paint finish and satin, or what that clunking sound from your dryer is? With Thumbtack, you don't have to be a home pro. You just have to hire one. You can hire top rated pros, see price estimates, and read reviews all on the app. Download today. At Criminal, we've made it a tradition every December to dedicate an episode entirely to animals who are really going for it. And Tony, what happened when you pulled over? Nothing out of the ordinary until I saw the cat on the back of the roof behind the luggage carrier. Listen to our fifth annual Animals episode on Criminal wherever you get your podcasts. Today, in this episode, I am talking with Valerie Kaur, and we are talking about her new book that just released on September 10. Her book is called Sage Warrior, Wake to Oneness, Practice Pleasure, Choose Courage, and Become Victory. In this book, she draws from sick tradition, sick ancestral wisdom. And I think some people say sick, and some people say sick. And I'm going with what Bauer uses, which is sick. And it's just this incredible journey into deep mystical wisdom and how we can apply it to what we're living in today, I found it so healing. Let me tell you a little bit about Valerie before we get started. She is a civil rights leader, a lawyer, an award winning filmmaker, an educator, and the founder of …