“when we are in pain and fear, anger and hate are our go-to emotions.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
When perfectionism is driving us, shame is riding shotgun and fear is that annoying backseat driver! — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The one thing that keeps us out of connection is our fear that we're not worthy of connection. — Brené Brown 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
Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It's our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Courage is forged in pain, but not in all pain. Pain that is denied or ignored becomes fear or hate.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Connection to a larger humanity gives people more freedom to express their individuality without fear of jeopardizing belonging.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I hesitate to use a pathologizing label, but underneath the so-called narcissistic personality is definitely shame and the paralyzing fear of being… — Brene 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
“Here’s the bottom line: If we want to live and love with our whole hearts, and if we want to engage with… — 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 Copy Share Image
“the culture of shame is driven by fear, blame and disconnection and it's often a powerful incubator for issues like perfectionism ,stereotyping,… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“What’s the most significant barrier to creativity and innovation? Kevin thought about it for a minute and said, “I don’t know if… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“To foreclose on our emotional life out of a fear that the costs will be too high is to walk away from… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Powerlessness is dangerous. For most of us, the inability to effect change is a desperate feeling. We need resilience and hope and… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
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
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
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 Copy Share Image
“But this work has forced me to see that it's our fear of the unknown and our fear of being wrong that… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“From Long Island to Silicon Valley, a fear of being perceived as weak forces men into pretending they are never afraid, lonely,… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I've come to this belief that, if you show me a woman who can sit with a man in real vulnerability, in… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“It is easy to see how quickly expectations become layered, competitive and conflicting. This is how the shame web works. We have… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Joy and gratitude can be very vulnerable and intense experiences. We are an anxious people and many of us have very little… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Dr. Lerner explains that we all have patterned ways of managing anxiety. Some of us respond to anxiety by overfunctioning and others… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“we’re wired for story and in the absence of data we will rely on confabulations and conspiracies. When our children sense something… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Here’s the painful pattern that emerged from my research with men: We ask them to be vulnerable, we beg them to let… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Fear of the Dark I’ve always been prone to worry and anxiety, but after I became a mother, negotiating joy, gratitude, and… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Life-paralysis refers to all of the opportunities we miss because we’re too afraid to put anything out in the world that could… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“One of the tragic ironies of modern life is that so many people feel isolated from each other by the very feelings… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Men walk this tightrope where any sign of weakness illicits shame, and so they're afraid to make themselves vulnerable for fear of… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is not about fear and grief and disappointment; it is the birthplace of everything we're hungry for. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
When I look at narcissism through the vulnerability lens, I see the shame-based fear of being ordinary. I see the fear of… — Brené Brown 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 Copy Share Image
Worrying about scarcity is our culture's version of post-traumatic stress. It happens when we've been through too much, and rather than coming… — 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
