Everything that these folks are saying that they're trying to move away from, like comparison, perfectionism, judgement, and exhaustion as a status… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“We feel love and we know pain. We feel hope and we know struggle. We see beauty and we survive trauma. We… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“To practice courage, compassion, and connection is to look at life and the people around us, and say, “I’m all in.” — 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
Living a connected life ultimately is about setting boundaries, spending less time and energy hustling and winning over people who don't matter,… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The credit belongs to those of us who are actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“When I let go of trying to be everything to everyone, I had much more time, attention, love, and connection for the… — 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
Vulnerability pushed, I pushed back. I lost the fight, but probably won my life back. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“It’s in our biology to trust what we see with our eyes. This makes living in a carefully edited, overproduced, and Photoshopped… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
'Crazy-busy' is a great armor, it's a great way for numbing. What a lot of us do is that we stay so… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life, where” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
If there's a feeling you have, other people have it. If there's something weird about your life, other people have lived it.… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Wholehearted living is not like trying to reach a destination. It's like walking toward a star in the sky. We never really… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Nothing is as uncomfortable, dangerous and hurtful as believing that I'm standing on the outside of my life looking in and wondering… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I've learned that men and women who are living wholehearted lives really allow themselves to soften into joy and happiness. They allow… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“Twinkle lights are the perfect metaphor for joy. Joy is not a constant. It comes to us in moments—often ordinary moments. Sometimes… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“A moment of self-compassion can change your entire day. A string of such moments can change the course of your life. —… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“We can spend our entire life betraying ourself and choosing fitting in over standing alone. But once we've stood up for ourself… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“It was as if she bundled up all the courage I'll ever need in my entire life and handed it to me.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I'm never more courageous than when I'm embracing imperfection, embracing vulnerabilities, and setting boundaries with the people in my life. — 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
“Oprah. Her advice is tacked to the wall in my study: “Do not think you can be brave with your life and… — 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
