Wholeheartedness. There are many tenets of Wholeheartedness, but at its very core is vulnerability and worthiness; facing uncertainty, exposure, and emotional risks,… — Brené Brown Emotional 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 Ache Copy Share Image
I can't be paralyzed anymore by the critics. My new mantra is, if you're not in the arena getting your ass kicked… — Brené Brown Appearance 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 Academic Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness: Taking a balanced approach to negative emotions so that feelings are neither suppressed nor exaggerated. We cannot ignore our pain and… — Brené Brown Compassion Copy Share Image
“Living with air pollution increases your odds of dying early by 5 percent. Living with obesity, 20 percent. Excessive drinking, 30 percent.… — Brené Brown Air pollution Copy Share Image
“Tonight we will exhale and teach. Now it's time to inhale. There is the in-breath and there is the out-breath, and it's… — Brené Brown Breath Copy Share Image
“Many of us are willing to extend a helping hand, but we’re very reluctant to reach out for help when we need… — Brené Brown Helping Copy Share Image
“It was December 15, 2012, the day after twenty-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot twenty children between six and seven years old, as… — Brené Brown Anxiety and fear Copy Share Image
“The special courage it takes to experience true belonging is not just about braving the wilderness, it’s about becoming the wilderness. It’s… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“Real power is basically the ability to change something if you want to change it. It’s the ability to make change happen.… — Brené Brown Ability to change Copy Share Image
“Dehumanizing and holding people accountable are mutually exclusive. Humiliation and dehumanizing are not accountability or social justice tools, they’re emotional off-loading at… — Brené Brown Dehumanizing Copy Share Image
“I knew this was a critically important finding in my research, so I spent several hundred interviews trying to better understand the… — Brené Brown Addiction Copy Share Image
“And, if that’s not news enough, here’s something else: Hope is learned! Snyder suggests that we learn hopeful, goal-directed thinking in the… — Brené Brown Children Copy Share Image
On the flip side, I've also had to struggle with saying "yes." Before I did this research and before I had my… — Brené Brown Adults Copy Share Image
“Cassandra Dahnke and Tomas Spath, write: Civility is claiming and caring for one’s identity, needs, and beliefs without degrading someone else’s in… — Brené Brown Civility Copy Share Image
“when’s the last time you had a serious conversation with someone about the meaning of love? In this way, love is the… — Brené Brown Communication Copy Share Image
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Let ourselves be seen, deeply seen, vulnerably seen, to love with our whole hearts, even though there's no guarantee... to practice gratitude… — Brené Brown Alive Copy Share Image
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“One of the most surprising things that unfolded in my research is the pairing of certain terms. I can’t separate the concepts… — Brené Brown Love Copy Share Image
We cannot give our children what we don't have. Where we are on our journey of living and loving with our whole… — Brené Brown Book Copy Share Image
Courage, the original definition of courage, when it first came into the English language - it's from the Latin word cor, meaning… — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
“If empathy is the skill or ability to tap into our own experiences in order to connect with an experience someone is… — Brené Brown Compassion Copy Share Image
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“Joy is as thorny and sharp as any of the dark emotions. To love someone fiercely, to believe in something with your… — Brené Brown Joy Copy Share Image
Live-tweeting your bikini wax is not vulnerability. Nor is posting a blow-by-blow of your divorce . That's an attempt to hot-wire connection.… — Brene Brown About Copy Share Image
Living a connected life ultimately is about setting boundaries, spending less time and energy hustling and winning over people who don't matter,… — Brené Brown Boundaries Copy Share Image
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“• Belonging is being somewhere where you want to be, and they want you. Fitting in is being somewhere where you want… — Brené Brown Belong 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 About Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is a self destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly,… — Brené Brown Belief Copy Share Image
“So, what does a gratitude practice look like? The folks I interviewed talked about keeping gratitude journals, doing daily gratitude meditations or… — Brené Brown Art Copy Share Image
“Here’s the bottom line: If we want to live and love with our whole hearts, and if we want to engage with… — Brené Brown Bottom line Copy Share Image
One of the reasons we judge each other so harshly in this world of parenting is because... we perceive anyone else who's… — Brené Brown Child Copy Share Image
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I carry a small sheet of paper in my wallet that has written on it the names of people whose opinions of… — Brené Brown Lists Copy Share Image
If we want to cultivate hopefulness, we have to be willing to be flexible and demonstrate perseverance. Not every goal will look… — Brené Brown Belief Copy Share Image
“I believe Black Lives Matter is a movement to rehumanize black citizens. All lives matter, but not all lives need to be… — Brené Brown Black lives Copy Share Image
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