Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement. — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
We are a culture of people who've bought into the idea that if we stay busy enough, the truth of our lives… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I became Vulnerability TED, like an action figure - like Ninja Barbie, but I'm Vulnerability TED. — Brené Brown Action Copy Share Image
“When failure is not an option we can forget about learning, creativity, and innovation. When” — Brené Brown Creativity Copy Share Image
“Healthy striving is self-focused: How can I improve? Perfectionism is other-focused: What will they think? Perfectionism is a hustle.” — Brené Brown Excellence Copy Share Image
“The way to fight shame and to honor who we are is by sharing our experience with someone who has earned the… — Brené Brown Shame Copy Share Image
If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally.… — Brené Brown Differences Copy Share Image
You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging. — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“I’m white and everything is made for me.” A black female student said, “I’m straight. I can hold hands with my boyfriend… — Brené Brown Christian Copy Share Image
The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance,… — Brene Brown Authentic Copy Share Image
If we want to be able to move through the difficult disappointments, the hurt feelings, and the heartbreaks that are inevitable in… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Nothing is as uncomfortable, dangerous and hurtful as believing that I'm standing on the outside of my life looking in and wondering… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Kids who have an understanding of how and why their feelings are what they are are much more likely to talk to… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“New worlds are important, but you can’t just describe them. Give us the stories that make up that universe. No matter how… — Brené Brown New world Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to… — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
“Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are. Choosing… — Brené Brown Authenticity Copy Share Image
“On the other hand, for those of us who have the tendency to believe that everything worthwhile should involve pain and suffering… — Brené Brown Blood sweat and tears Copy Share Image
“I learned how to worry more about how I felt and less about “what people might think.” I was setting new boundaries… — Brené Brown Worry Copy Share Image
“The opposite of play is not work—the opposite of play is depression.” He explains, “Respecting our biologically programmed need for play can… — Brené Brown Creative process Copy Share Image
“Practice courage and reach out! We have to own our story and share it with someone who has earned the right to… — Brené Brown Compassion Copy Share Image
“As I asked more pointed questions about the choices and behaviors Wholehearted men and women made to reduce anxiety, they explained that… — Brené Brown Anxiety Copy Share Image
“...research tells us that we judge people in areas where we're vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing worse than… — Brené Brown Bullying Copy Share Image
“The big rule in lifeguarding is to utilize any means possible before you actually jump in and try to pull someone out… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The uncertainty of parenting can bring up feelings in us that range from frustration to terror. — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
When we deny our stories, They define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I've learned that men and women who are living wholehearted lives really allow themselves to soften into joy and happiness. They allow… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“are certainly other causes of illness, numbing, and hurt, but the absence of love and belonging will always lead to suffering.” — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do. — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
We can only belong when we offer our most authentic selves and when we're embraced for who we are. — Brené Brown Authentic self Copy Share Image
“To foreclose on our emotional life out of a fear that the costs will be too high is to walk away from… — Brené Brown Emotional life Copy Share Image
“I can confidently say that stories of pain and courage almost always include two things: praying and cussing. Sometimes at the exact… — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
Every time we choose courage, we make everyone around us a little better and the world a little braver. And our world… — Brené Brown Betterment Copy Share Image
We are hardwired to connect with others, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering. — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
Anonymous comments? You're not in the arena, man. If you can't say it to me in person in front of my kids,… — Brene Brown Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the most painfully inauthentic ways we show up in our lives sometimes is saying "yes" when we mean "no," and… — Brené Brown Diplomat Copy Share Image
“No. Shame and self-esteem are very different issues. We feel shame. We think self-esteem.” — Brené Brown Guilt Copy Share Image
“Courage is forged in pain, but not in all pain. Pain that is denied or ignored becomes fear or hate.” — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
“It was as if she bundled up all the courage I'll ever need in my entire life and handed it to me.” — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
