We use work to numb out. We can't turn off our machines because we're afraid we're going to miss something. — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“The opposite of "never enough" isn't abundance or "more than you could ever imagine." The opposite of scarcity is enough...” — Brené Brown Abundance Copy Share Image
“as someone who thought that knowledge was more important than practice, I found these words to be a call to action.” — Brené Brown Call to action Copy Share Image
The intention and outcome of vulnerability is trust, intimacy and connection. The outcome of oversharing is distrust, disconnection - and usually a… — Brene Brown Connection Copy Share Image
Love is a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them - we… — Brené Brown Connections Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is the core of shame and fear and our struggle for worthiness, but it appears that it's also the birthplace of… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
Knowledge is important, but only if we're being kind and gentle with ourselves as we work to discover who we are. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
There’s nothing more daring than showing up, putting ourselves out there and letting ourselves be seen. — Brené Brown Daring Copy Share Image
I believe that owning our worthiness is the act of acknowledging that we are sacred. Perhaps embracing vulnerability and overcoming numbing is… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
If we want to live and love with our whole hearts, and if we want to engage with the world from a… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Whenever I'm faced with a vulnerable situation, I get deliberate with my intentions by repeating this to myself: "Don't shrink. Don't puff… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
It's a practice for me every day, sometimes every hour of every day. It is an absolute practice. When I went into… — Brené Brown Absolutes Copy Share Image
Why, when we know that there's no such thing as perfect, do most of us spend an incredible amount of time and… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I'm just going to say it: I'm pro-guilt. Guilt is good. Guilt helps us stay on track because it's about our behavior.… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“How much we know and understand ourselves is critically important, but there is something that is even more essential to living a… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Our willingness to own and engage with our vulnerability determines the depth of our courage and the clarity of our purpose; the… — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
“We don’t need love and belonging and story-catching from everyone in our lives, but we need it from at least one person.… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“I don’t want to admit it, but the truth is that stillness used to be very anxiety provoking for me. In my… — Brené Brown Serenity Copy Share Image
After doing this work or the past twelve years and watching scarcity ride roughshod over our families, organizations, and communities, I'd say… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“We don’t want to be uncomfortable. We want a quick and dirty “how-to” list for happiness. I don’t fit that bill. Never… — Brené Brown Happiness Copy Share Image
“Wholehearted living is about engaging with our lives from a place of worthiness. It means cultivating the courage, compassion and connection to… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I define vulnerability as uncertainty, risk and emotional exposure. With that definition in mind, let’s think about love. Waking up every day… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“I know that these examples are symptomatic of the cruelty culture that we live in today and that everyone is fair game,… — Brené Brown Cruelty Copy Share Image
“Knowing what I do now, I think about shame and worthiness in this way: 'It's the album, not the picture.' If you… — Brené Brown Guilt Copy Share Image
“Courage is telling our story, not being immune to criticism. Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want… — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
“When we let people take our vulnerability or fill us with their hate, we turn over our entire life to them.” — Brené Brown Entire life Copy Share Image
When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. — Brené Brown Boundaries Copy Share Image
“Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance.” — Brené Brown Acceptance Copy Share Image
“Never underestimate the power of being seen - it's exhausting to keep working against yourself when someone truly sees you and loves… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Shame works like the zoom lens on a camera. When we are feeling shame, the camera is zoomed in tight and all… — Brené Brown Cameras Copy Share Image
It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance. — Brene Brown Authenticity Copy Share Image
“But what we know now is that when we deny our emotion, it owns us. When we own our emotion, we can… — Brené Brown Emotion Copy Share Image
If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable… — Brené Brown Addiction Copy Share Image
“There are lots of great teachers and speakers - you'll just need to find one who will dress up, clean up, and… — Brené Brown Education Copy Share Image
My husband's a pediatrician, so he and I talk about parenting all the time. You can't raise children who have more shame… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
Our capacity for wholeheartednes s can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Ordinary courage is about putting our vulnerability on the line. In today’s world, that’s pretty extraordinary.” — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
The one thing that keeps us out of connection is our fear that we're not worthy of connection. — Brené Brown Connection Copy Share Image
Feeling vulnerable, imperfect, and afraid is human. It's when we lose our capacity to hold space for these struggles that we become… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“True belonging doesn't require you to change who you are; it requires you to be who you are.” — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
