Rather than sitting on the sidelines & hurling judgment & advice, we must dare to show up & let ourselves be seen.… — Brené Brown Advice Copy Share Image
“Pretending not to be hurt is choosing to become imprisoned by the dark emotion we have experienced—recognizing and feeling our way through… — Brené Brown Freedom 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 Biology Copy Share Image
“are certainly other causes of illness, numbing, and hurt, but the absence of love and belonging will always lead to suffering.” — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do. — Brene Brown Bravest Copy Share Image
“Healthy striving is self-focused: How can I improve? Perfectionism is other-focused: What will they think? Perfectionism is a hustle.” — Brené Brown Excellence Copy Share Image
“When failure is not an option we can forget about learning, creativity, and innovation. When” — Brené Brown Creativity Copy Share Image
“The way to fight shame and to honor who we are is by sharing our experience with someone who has earned the… — Brené Brown Shame 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… — Brené Brown Academic 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 Openness 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 Combination Copy Share Image
If we want to be able to move through the difficult disappointments, the hurt feelings, and the heartbreaks that are inevitable in… — Brené Brown Able 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 Authentic 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 Bigs Copy Share Image
“I’m white and everything is made for me.” A black female student said, “I’m straight. I can hold hands with my boyfriend… — Brené Brown Christian 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 Believe Copy Share Image
One of the things I talk a lot about in my work that I try to practice - which is really hard… — Brené Brown Authenticity Copy Share Image
“The definition of vulnerability is uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure. But vulnerability is not weakness; it's our most accurate measure of courage.… — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
“On the other hand, for those of us who have the tendency to believe that everything worthwhile should involve pain and suffering… — Brené Brown Blood sweat and tears Copy Share Image
“I learned how to worry more about how I felt and less about “what people might think.” I was setting new boundaries… — Brené Brown Worry Copy Share Image
“One of the greatest barriers to going back is related to empathy. If our goal is perfection rather than growth, it is… — Brené Brown Compassion 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 Bearing witness Copy Share Image
“I also see courage in myself when I'm willing to risk being vulnerable and disappointed. For many years, if I really wanted… — Brené Brown Acceptance Copy Share Image
The real questions for parents should be: "Are you engaged? Are you paying attention?" If so, plan to make lots of mistakes… — Brené Brown Adults Copy Share Image
The uncertainty of parenting can bring up feelings in us that range from frustration to terror. — Brene Brown Bring 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 Allow Copy Share Image
When we deny our stories, They define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending. — Brené Brown Deny Copy Share Image
If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally.… — Brené Brown Differences Copy Share Image
You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging. — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
One of the most painfully inauthentic ways we show up in our lives sometimes is saying "yes" when we mean "no," and… — Brené Brown Diplomat Copy Share Image
Anonymous comments? You're not in the arena, man. If you can't say it to me in person in front of my kids,… — Brene Brown Anonymous Copy Share Image
“No. Shame and self-esteem are very different issues. We feel shame. We think self-esteem.” — Brené Brown Guilt Copy Share Image
“The word compassion is derived from the Latin words pati and cum, meaning “to suffer with.” — Brené Brown Compassion 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 Courage 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 Courage Copy Share Image
Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. — Brené Brown Difficult Copy Share Image
We can only belong when we offer our most authentic selves and when we're embraced for who we are. — Brené Brown Authentic self Copy Share Image
“To foreclose on our emotional life out of a fear that the costs will be too high is to walk away from… — Brené Brown Emotional life Copy Share Image
We are hardwired to connect with others, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering. — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“I can confidently say that stories of pain and courage almost always include two things: praying and cussing. Sometimes at the exact… — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
