“Perfectionism never happens in a vacuum. It touches everyone around us. We pass it down to our children, we infect our workplace… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“In terms of teaching our children to dare greatly in the “never enough” culture, the question isn’t so much “Are you parenting… — 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 Copy Share Image
“It was December 15, 2012, the day after twenty-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot twenty children between six and seven years old, as… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“I didn’t want my level of self-love to limit how much I can love my children or my husband. Why? Because loving… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Ironically, parenting is a shame and judgment minefield precisely because most of us are wading through uncertainty and self-doubt when it comes… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Until we teach our children that they need to be concerned with how they look and with what other people think, they… — 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
