I think a lot of us are looking for the same thing. I feel very lucky to have a definitive moment where… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
If we want to live and love with our whole hearts, and if we want to engage with the world from a… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I became Vulnerability TED, like an action figure - like Ninja Barbie, but I'm Vulnerability TED. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
When you stop caring what people think, you lose your capacity for connection. When you're defined by it, you lose our capacity… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
Trust is a product of vulnerability that grows over time and requires work, attention, and full engagement. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Heroics is often about putting our life on the line. Ordinary courage is about putting our vulnerability on the line. In today's… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It's tough to do that when we're terrified about what people might see or… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“...some people will continue to believe that fighting for what they need means denying the humanity of others. That makes connecting outside… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
One of the things I did when I discovered this huge importance of being vulnerable is very happily moved away from the… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
The moment someone asks you to do something you don't have the time or inclination to do is fraught with vulnerability. — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
I was raised in a family where vulnerability was barely tolerated: no training wheels on our bicycles, no goggles in the pool,… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
I've come to this belief that, if you show me a woman who can sit with a man in real vulnerability, in… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is not weakness, and the uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure we face every day are not optional. Our only choice is… — 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
As a vulnerability researcher, the greatest barrier I see is our low tolerance for vulnerability. We're almost afraid to be happy. We… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is based on mutuality and requires boundaries and trust. It's not oversharing, it's not purging, it's not indiscriminate disclosure, and it's… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is not about winning, and it's not about losing. It's about having the courage to show up and be seen. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
If we are going to find our way out of shame and back to each other, vulnerability is the path and courage… — 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