“We love seeing raw truth and openness in other people, but we're afraid to let them see it in us. We're afraid… — 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
Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness. — 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
“The biggest potential for helping us overcome shame is this: We are “those people.” The truth is…we are the others. Most of… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“I don’t want to admit it, but the truth is that stillness used to be very anxiety provoking for me. In my… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“We love seeing raw truth and openness in other people, but we’re afraid to let them see it in us. We’re afraid… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Lying is a defiance of the truth. Bullshitting is a wholesale dismissal of the truth.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Speaking truth to bullshit and practicing civility start with knowing ourselves and knowing the behaviors and issues that both push into our… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
We are a culture of people who've bought into the idea that if we stay busy enough, the truth of our lives… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are. Harry G. Frankfurt, Professor Emeritus, Yale University (From his book, On… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The truth is, rarely can a response make something better - what makes something better is connection. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance,… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn't change the truth that I am also brave and worthy… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“We each have the choice in any setting to step back and let go of the mindset of scarcity. Once we let… — 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
