We have become this very fear-based culture, especially post-9/11. Fear is the opposite of love, in my opinion. I think there would… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
If we want to fully experience love and belonging, we must believe that we are worthy of love and belonging. — Brené Brown 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
Our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self acceptance. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity.… — Brené Brown 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 Copy Share Image
Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. Because this yearning is so primal, we often… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“True belonging is not passive. It's not the belonging that comes with just joining a group. It's not fitting in or pretending… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
There was only one variable that separated the people who have a strong sense of love and belonging and the people who… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
When we can let go of what other people think and own our story, we gain access to our worthiness—the feeling that… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I can't even think of the right word, but it's not "help." It's more like a prerequisite. I think connection is why… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Our stories are not meant for everyone. Hearing them is a privilege, and we should always ask ourselves this before we share:… — Brené Brown 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 Copy Share Image
Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“The special courage it takes to experience true belonging is not just about braving the wilderness, it’s about becoming the wilderness. It’s… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
When you get to a place where you understand that love and belonging, your worthiness, is a birthright and not something you… — Brené Brown 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
I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Here's what is truly at the heart of wholeheartedness: Worthy now, not if, not when, we're worthy of love and belonging now.… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“always put off writing by reorganizing my entire house and spending way too much time and money buying office supplies and organizing systems. Every… — Brené 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 me matter.… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Waking up every day and loving someone who may or may not love us back, whose safety we can't ensure, who may stay in… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“No matter how separated we are by what we think and believe, we are part of the same spiritual story.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is self-destructive simply because there is no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal. Additionally, perfectionism is more about perception -… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
If you're also in the arena and you're putting your ideas out and you're owning them and you're saying "I disagree with you about… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“I found that men and women with high levels of shame resilience share these four elements: They understand shame and recognize what messages and… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
