“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
“For many of us, our first response to vulnerability and pain of these sharp points is not to lean into the discomfort… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Current neuroscience research shows that the pain and feelings of disconnection are often as real as physical pain. And just as healing… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
We cannot ignore our pain and feel compassion for it at the same time. — 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
“Not caring about our own pain and the pain of others is not working. How much longer are we willing to keep… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Pain is unrelenting. It will get our attention. Despite our attempts to drown it in addiction, to physically beat it out of… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Even in the context of suffering—poverty, violence, human rights violations—not belonging in our families is still one of the most dangerous hurts.… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“An experience of collective pain does not deliver us from grief or sadness; it is a ministry of presence. These moments remind… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“when we are in pain and fear, anger and hate are our go-to emotions.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Pain will subside only when we acknowledge it and care for it. Addressing it with love and compassion would take only a… — 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
“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
