Brené BrownWe're a nation of exhausted and over-stressed adults raising over-scheduled children.371Thought
Brené BrownTalk about your failures without apologizing.341Hope
Brené BrownWorthiness doesn't have prerequisites. ✨ Insights at the Edge with Tami Simon, www.soundstrue.com.341Truth
Brené BrownIf we share our shame story with the wrong person, they can easily become one more piece of flying debris in an already dangerous storm.(page 10)374Reading
Brené BrownThere really is no effort without error and shortcoming and there really is no triumph without vulnerability. ✨ Brené Brown (2012). Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vul… ▶341Love
Brené BrownYou are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging. ✨ The Vulnerable Faith of Brené Brown by Jamie Arpin-Ricci, www.huffingtonpos… ▶331HopeLove
Brené BrownShame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it - it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy... When we bury our story, the sh… ▶375LoveReadingThought
Brené BrownDaring greatly means the courage to be vulnerable. It means to show up and be seen. To ask for what you need. To talk about how you're feeling. To have the hard conversations.364Philosophy
Brené BrownEmpathy doesn't require that we have the exact same experiences as the person sharing their story with us...Empathy is connecting with the emotion that someone is experiencing, no… ▶353Life
Brené BrownWe cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can't use shame to change ourselves or others.354Sadness
Brené BrownI spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of… ▶332LifeLove
Brené BrownVulnerability is based on mutuality and requires boundaries and trust. It's not oversharing, it's not purging, it's not indiscriminate disclosure, and it's not celebrity-style soc… ▶376HumanityLifeLove
Brené BrownShame works like the zoom lens on a camera. When we are feeling shame, the camera is zoomed in tight and all we see is our flawed selves, alone and struggling.(page 68)343PoliticsReading
Brené BrownThat's what life is about: about daring greatly, about being in the arena.332Life
Brené BrownI now see how gifts like courage, compassion, and connection only work when they are exercised. Every day. ✨ Brené Brown (2010). The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You… ▶377LoveThought
Brené BrownI believe a joyful life is made up of joyful moments, gracefully strung together by trust, gratitude, inspiration, and faith. ✨ Brené Brown (2010). The Gifts of Imperfection… ▶322HopeLifeThought
Brené BrownThe truth is, rarely can a response make something better - what makes something better is connection.355Truth
Brené BrownTell your story with your whole heart.311Love
Brené BrownWholeheartedness. There are many tenets of Wholeheartedness, but at its very core is vulnerability and worthiness; facing uncertainty, exposure, and emotional risks, and knowing t… ▶377Love
Brené BrownAuthenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be… ▶333ReadingThoughtTruth
Brené BrownYou cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.377Humanity
Brené BrownConnection gives purpose and meaning to our lives. ✨ Brené Brown (2012). Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead,… ▶334LovePhilosophy
Brené BrownNumb the dark and you numb the light. ✨ Brené Brown (2012). Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead, p.116, Pengu… ▶323Love
Brené BrownAfter doing this work or the past twelve years and watching scarcity ride roughshod over our families, organizations, and communities, I'd say the one thing we have in common is t… ▶334LoveTime
Brené BrownWe're a nation hungry for more joy: Because we're starving from a lack of gratitude.323Truth
Brené BrownPerfectionism is a self destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly, I can avoid or minimize the painfu… ▶301LoveSadnessThought
Brené BrownMindfully practicing authenticity during our most soul-searching struggles is how we invite grace, joy and gratitude into our lives. ✨ Brené Brown (2010). The Gifts of Imper… ▶356Thought
Brené BrownHow can we embrace rest and play if we've tied our self-worth to what we produce? ✨ Brené Brown: The Courage to Be Vulnerable. On Being with Krista Tippett, onbeing.o… ▶312Humor
Brené BrownVulnerability is not about winning, and it's not about losing. It's about having the courage to show up and be seen.301Death
Brené Brown[I] never talk about gratitude and joy separately, for this reason. In 12 years, I've never interviewed a single person who would describe their lives as joyful, who would describ… ▶301Death
