Vulnerability is the core, the heart, the center, of meaningful human experience. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The truth is, I'm a storyteller. And it scares me, because my training as an academic is that the more accessible you… — 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
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
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
Perfect and bulletproof are seductive, but they don’t exist in the human experience. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Spirituality emerged as a fundamental guidepost in Wholeheartedness. Not religiosity but the deeply held belief that we are inextricably connected to one… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally.… — 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
