“Either way, anger is a powerful catalyst but a life-sucking companion.” — Brené Brown Anger Copy Share Image
We can’t practice compassion with other people if we can’t treat ourselves kindly. — Brené Brown Compassion Copy Share Image
“I can be as much of a lost and stumbling traveler as anyone else.” — Brené Brown Lost Copy Share Image
Courage - To tell the story of who you are with your whole heart. — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
“She was everything I thought she'd be. Fierce and kind. Gentle and tough.” — Brené Brown Fierce Copy Share Image
If we want to fully experience love and belonging, we must believe that we are worthy of love and belonging. — Brené Brown Believe Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is not about fear and grief and disappointment; it is the birthplace of everything we're hungry for. — Brené Brown Birthplace Copy Share Image
I am a storyteller and a researcher, and I'm sorry the world has a hard time straddling the tension of those two… — Brené Brown Hard Copy Share Image
“For me, vulnerability led to anxiety, which led to shame, which led to disconnection, which led to Bud Light.” — Brené Brown Vulnerability Copy Share Image
We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions. — Brené Brown Abnormal psychology Copy Share Image
“When we stop caring about what people think, we lose our capacity for connection. When we become defined by what people think,… — Brene Brown Compassion 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 Discomfort Copy Share Image
Authenticity is also about the courage and the vulnerability to say, "Yeah, I'll try it. I feel pretty uncomfortable and I feel… — Brené Brown Authenticity Copy Share Image
When you don't put your initials behind your name, and I've got tons of them, and when you talk about storytelling or… — Brené Brown Behinds Copy Share Image
“When we hear people referred to as animals or aliens, we should immediately wonder, “Is this an attempt to reduce someone’s humanity… — Brené Brown Aliens 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 Connection-to-others Copy Share Image
The laughter that happens when people are truth-telling and showing up and being real - I call that "knowing laughter." That's what… — Brené Brown Absurdity Copy Share Image
“Group B: “I’ve simply stopped sending unnecessary e-mails and asked my friends and colleagues to do the same. I’ve also started setting… — Brené Brown Email Copy Share Image
“Get Deliberate: When I’m flooded with fear and scarcity, I try to call forward joy and sufficiency by acknowledging the fear, then… — Brené Brown Fear 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 Grief Copy Share Image
“Stillness is not about focusing on nothingness; it’s about creating a clearing. It’s opening up an emotionally clutter-free space and allowing ourselves… — Brené Brown Nothingness Copy Share Image
“When we spend a lifetime trying to distance ourselves from the parts of our lives that don’t fit with who we think… — Brené Brown Life Copy Share Image
“Cultivating intuition and trusting faith: letting go of the need for certainty 6. Cultivating creativity: letting go of comparison 7. Cultivating play… — Brené Brown Creativity Copy Share Image
When we can let go of what other people think and own our story, we gain access to our worthiness—the feeling that… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“After that, he said, his father, who had always been neutral about his art, forbade him from taking classes. Even his mother,… — Brené Brown Art Copy Share Image
“True belonging is not passive. It's not the belonging that comes with just joining a group. It's not fitting in or pretending… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“Courage originally meant “To speak one’s mind by telling all one’s heart.” Over time, this definition has changed, and, today, courage is… — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
“Before conducting this research I thought that numbing and taking the edge off was just about addiction, but I don’t believe that… — Brené Brown Addiction Copy Share Image
Joy is not a constant. It comes to us in moments - often ordinary moments. Sometimes we miss out on the bursts… — Brené Brown Believe Copy Share Image
