[I] never talk about gratitude and joy separately, for this reason. In 12 years, I've never interviewed a single person who would… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Joy is not a constant. It comes to us in moments - often ordinary moments. Sometimes we miss out on the bursts… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I'm just so grateful, because to feel this vulnerable means I'm alive. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The only universal language I know of that wraps up joy and gratitude and love is laughter. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
To love someone fiercely, to believe in something with your whole heart, to celebrate a fleeting moment in time, to fully engage… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
To become fully human means learning to turn my gratitude for being alive into some concrete common good. It means growing gentler… — Brené Brown 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 Copy Share Image
When you don't put your initials behind your name, and I've got tons of them, and when you talk about storytelling or… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
We're a nation hungry for more joy: Because we're starving from a lack of gratitude. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Get Deliberate: When I’m flooded with fear and scarcity, I try to call forward joy and sufficiency by acknowledging the fear, then… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“But after spending countless hours collecting stories about joy and gratitude, three powerful patterns emerged: Without exception, every person I interviewed who… — Brené Brown 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 Copy Share Image
I believe a joyful life is made up of joyful moments, gracefully strung together by trust, gratitude, inspiration, and faith. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
When we numb [hard feelings], we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Mindfully practicing authenticity during our most soul-searching struggles is how we invite grace, joy and gratitude into our lives. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“So, what does a gratitude practice look like? The folks I interviewed talked about keeping gratitude journals, doing daily gratitude meditations or… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“I’m learning that recognizing and leaning into the discomfort of vulnerability teaches us how to live with joy, gratitude, and grace. I’m… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
A good life happens when you stop and are grateful for the ordinary moments that so many of us just steamroll over… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“TEN GUIDEPOSTS FOR WHOLEHEARTED LIVING 1. Cultivating authenticity: letting go of what people think 2. Cultivating self-compassion: letting go of perfectionism 3.… — 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
“Get Going: From taking turns being thankful during grace to more creative projects like creating a jar to keep gratitude notes in,… — 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
“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
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