I think if you follow anyone home, whether they live in Houston or London, and you sit at their dinner table and… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
I carry a small sheet of paper in my wallet that has written on it the names of people whose opinions of… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
If we want to cultivate hopefulness, we have to be willing to be flexible and demonstrate perseverance. Not every goal will look… — Brené Brown Belief Copy Share Image
Living a connected life ultimately is about setting boundaries, spending less time and energy hustling and winning over people who don't matter,… — Brené Brown Boundaries Copy Share Image
“Joy is as thorny and sharp as any of the dark emotions. To love someone fiercely, to believe in something with your… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Live-tweeting your bikini wax is not vulnerability. Nor is posting a blow-by-blow of your divorce . That's an attempt to hot-wire connection.… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is a self destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly,… — Brené Brown Belief Copy Share Image
“• Belonging is being somewhere where you want to be, and they want you. Fitting in is being somewhere where you want… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Along with many other professionals, I’ve come to the conclusion that shame is much more likely to lead to destructive and hurtful… — Brené Brown Eating disorder Copy Share Image
“I can’t think of a better way to describe what it feels like to try and get your head and heart around… — Brené Brown Better way Copy Share Image
“One of the most profound changes in my life happened when I got my head around the relationship between gratitude and joy.… — Brené Brown Gratitude Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment. Mindfulness also involves acceptance, meaning that we… — Brené Brown Focus Copy Share Image
“The biggest potential for helping us overcome shame is this: We are “those people.” The truth is…we are the others. Most of… — Brené Brown Abortion Copy Share Image
“Stop walking through the world looking for confirmation that you don’t belong. You will always find it because you’ve made that your… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Here’s what I believe: 1. If you are offended or hurt when you hear Hillary Clinton or Maxine Waters called bitch, whore,… — Brené Brown Basic human rights Copy Share Image
“Acknowledging vulnerability is possible only if we feel we can reach out for support. To do so, we must feel some competence… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I was raised in a family where vulnerability was barely tolerated: no training wheels on our bicycles, no goggles in the pool,… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“To be nobody-but-yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody but yourself—means to fight… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all women, men, and children. We are biologically, cognitively, physically,… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
Courage, the original definition of courage, when it first came into the English language - it's from the Latin word cor, meaning… — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
“When we shut ourselves off from vulnerability, we distance ourselves from the experiences that bring purpose and meaning to our lives. Myth… — Brené Brown Trust Copy Share Image
“If empathy is the skill or ability to tap into our own experiences in order to connect with an experience someone is… — Brené Brown Compassion Copy Share Image
We live in a world where most people still subscribe to the belief that shame is a good tool for keeping people… — Brené Brown Addiction Copy Share Image
It's about showing up. And sometimes I don't do it. I almost always regret it, but sometimes I don't do it. Sometimes… — Brené Brown Authenticity Copy Share Image
“when’s the last time you had a serious conversation with someone about the meaning of love? In this way, love is the… — Brené Brown Communication Copy Share Image
“Squandering our gifts brings distress to our lives. As it turns out, it’s not merely benign or “too bad” if we don’t… — Brené Brown Distress Copy Share Image
“Tonight we will exhale and teach. Now it's time to inhale. There is the in-breath and there is the out-breath, and it's… — Brené Brown Breath Copy Share Image
“Living with air pollution increases your odds of dying early by 5 percent. Living with obesity, 20 percent. Excessive drinking, 30 percent.… — Brené Brown Air pollution Copy Share Image
“Many of us are willing to extend a helping hand, but we’re very reluctant to reach out for help when we need… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“One of the most surprising things that unfolded in my research is the pairing of certain terms. I can’t separate the concepts… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
We cannot give our children what we don't have. Where we are on our journey of living and loving with our whole… — Brené Brown Book Copy Share Image
“When we charge headlong into big decisions, it may be because we don’t want to know the answers that will emerge from… — Brené Brown Big decisions Copy Share Image
Let ourselves be seen, deeply seen, vulnerably seen, to love with our whole hearts, even though there's no guarantee... to practice gratitude… — Brené Brown Alive Copy Share Image
Connection is why we're here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives. The power that connection holds in our… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“Belonging so fully to yourself that you're willing to stand alone is a wilderness -- an untamed, unpredictable place of solitude and… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“There are times we will miss the opportunity to be empathic. Mental health professionals often call these “empathic failures.” There are also… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Twinkle lights are the perfect metaphor for joy. Joy is not a constant. It comes to us in moments—often ordinary moments. Sometimes… — Brené Brown Happiness Copy Share Image
“Speaking truth to bullshit and practicing civility start with knowing ourselves and knowing the behaviors and issues that both push into our… — Brené Brown Accountability Copy Share Image
“Craig Bryan, a University of Texas psychologist and suicide expert who recently left the air force, told Time magazine that the military… — Brené Brown Air force Copy Share Image
