Perfect and bulletproof are seductive, but they don’t exist in the human experience. — Brené Brown Bulletproof Copy Share Image
“Lying is a defiance of the truth. Bullshitting is a wholesale dismissal of the truth.” — Brené Brown Bullshit Copy Share Image
“Plomer wrote, “Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.” — Brené Brown Creativity Copy Share Image
It’s no longer a question of can I do it. It’s a question of: Do I want to do it? — Brené Brown Funny Copy Share Image
“When shame becomes a management style, engagement dies. When failure is not an option we can forget about learning, creativity, and innovation .” — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
When they teach [doctors] how to suture, they also teach them how to stitch their self-worth to being all-powerful. — Brené Brown Doctors Copy Share Image
“Overcoming self-doubt is all about believing we’re enough and letting go of what the world says we’re supposed to be and supposed… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“You are only free when you realize you belong no place—you belong every place—no place at all. The price is high. The… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
We're all so busy chasing the extraordinary that we forget to stop and be grateful for the ordinary. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness. — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
In many ways, September feels like the busiest time of the year: The kids go back to school, work piles up after… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“Killing Us Softly 4,6 and Katz’s DVD is titled Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity.7) As” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Empathy doesn't require that we have the exact same experiences as the person sharing their story with us...Empathy is connecting with the… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
What we know matters, but who we are matters more. Being rather than knowing requires showing up and letting ourselves be seen.… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Denying our children the opportunity to gain wisdom directly from the trees and dance in the moonlight with the other high lonesome… — Brené Brown Children Copy Share Image
“The mark of a wild heart is living out the paradox of love in our lives. It's the ability to be tough… — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
I think laughter between people is a holy form of connection, of communion. It's the way you and I look at each… — Brené Brown Comedy Copy Share Image
In a highly critical, scarcity-based world, everyone's afraid to fail. As long as we're afraid to fail, we'll never come up with… — Brené Brown Afraid to fail Copy Share Image
“We feel love and we know pain. We feel hope and we know struggle. We see beauty and we survive trauma. We… — Brené Brown Beauty Copy Share Image
“Get Going: From taking turns being thankful during grace to more creative projects like creating a jar to keep gratitude notes in,… — Brené Brown Grace Copy Share Image
“A trai din plin inseamna sa te implici in viata ta, fiind constient de propria valoarre. Inseamna sa cultivi curajul, compasiunea si… — Brené Brown Amor Copy Share Image
“Without exception, spirituality—the belief in connection, a power greater than self, and interconnections grounded in love and compassion—emerged as a component of… — Brené Brown Faith Copy Share Image
“Funerals, in fact, are one of the most powerful examples of collective pain. They feature in a surprising finding from my research… — Brené Brown Death Copy Share Image
“Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind, she defines each of these elements: Self-kindness: Being warm and understanding toward ourselves… — Brené Brown Common humanity Copy Share Image
“We don't compare our houses to the mansions across town; we compare our yard to the yards on our block. When we… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“For me, and for many of us, our first waking thought of the day is "I didnt get enough sleep." The next… — Brené Brown Enough sleep Copy Share Image
“True belonging is not something you negotiate externally, it’s what you carry in your heart. It’s finding the sacredness in being a… — Brené Brown Bearing witness Copy Share Image
We judge people in areas where we’re vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing worse than we’re doing. If I… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
We can have courage or we can have comfort, but we cannot have both. — Brené Brown Comfort Copy Share Image
You can't get to courage without walking through vulnerability. — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection. — Brené Brown Connection Copy Share Image