Marble Jar Moments

Speaking at a ucla based oprah winfrey super soul session brown used a marble jar positive behavior tool as a measure of how much we trust the people in our lives.

Marble jar moments. In the following clip brené brown describes the concept of trust and the marble jar. And the marble jar in the classroom is a jar where if the kids are making great choices together the teacher adds marbles. See more ideas about words inspirational quotes words of wisdom. Conversely when the class veered into the land of negatives marbles were removed.

We use the marble jar as a metaphor for teaching that trust is built slowly over time and in small moments. Marble jar friends sliding door moments. Trust is like a marble jar. What do your friends do to earn marbles in your marble jar.

Some examples of small acts moments that build trust include showing up at a loved one s funeral and asking for help from friends. When the class cooperated accomplished great things or just had an all around good day the teacher added marbles to the jar. The teacher kept a jar in the classroom and each time the class did something positive a marble went in the jar. The marble jar integration idea to create safe and brave spaces of belonging we need to commit to doing our work before we do the work and to working within our scope and skill.

Have a printout of a marble jar and ask students to write notes giving examples of the marbles that fill the jar and the ones that break it. And if the jar gets filled up there s a celebration for the class. Your boss asks you how your mom s chemotherapy is. Studies show it is the very small moments where trust is built.

Her daughter s classroom had a marble jar that was used for positive and negative reinforcement. In her book daring greatly brené talks about marble jar friends. Marbles are earned through small acts moments not grand gestures. She tells a great story of her daughter s teacher who kept a jar in the classroom and each time the class did something positive a marble went in the jar.

Sep 2 2020 explore molly adams s board marble jar on pinterest. 2 3 yright by ren rwn l ll right reere wwwbrenebrwnmaringlarm. Not the big moments the small moments. Research changed brené s ongoing assumption that trust cannot be built around small moments in our lives.

Ellen describes it as one of the worst moments of her life and said to her mother i will never trust anyone again. Trust is built in small moments.