One of the greatest barriers to connection is the cultural importance we place on "going it alone." Somehow we've come to equate… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
We would solve a lot of huge problems that are causing massive suffering. Poverty, violence, homophobia, heterosexism, racism, the environment - all… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
We need to change what we say and what we allow to be said in front of us. — 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
If you put shame in a petri dish, it needs three ingredients to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
If we don’t allow ourselves to experience joy and love, we will definitely miss out on filling our reservoir with what we… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Then I tell my own story. The two things that people really need to transform is language to understand their experience and… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I can't even think of the right word, but it's not "help." It's more like a prerequisite. I think connection is why… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired… — 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
First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
I only share when I have no unmet needs that I'm trying to fill. I firmly believe that being vulnerable with a… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
If we want to make meaning, we need to make art. Cook, write, draw, doodle, paint, scrapbook, take pictures, collage, knit, rebuild… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Daring greatly means the courage to be vulnerable. It means to show up and be seen. To ask for what you need.… — 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
