Brené Brown

“There is no intimacy without vulnerability.”

— Brené Brown

“When we go against the grain and put ourselves and our work out in the world, some people will feel threatened and…

— Brené Brown

How can we embrace rest and play if we've tied our self-worth to what we produce?

— Brené Brown

If we are going to find our way out of shame and back to each other, vulnerability is the path and courage…

— Brené Brown

“To know shame is to be human. And to have the capacity for empathy is also to be human.”

— Brené Brown

“Women most often experience shame as a web of layered, conflicting, and competing social-community expectations. The expectations dictate who we should be,…

— Brené Brown

“If we share our shame story with the wrong person, they can easily become one more piece of flying debris in an…

— Brene Brown

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

“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

We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can't use shame to change ourselves or others.

— Brené Brown

“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

“The important thing to know about worthiness is that it doesn't have prerequisites. Most of us, on the other hand, have a…

— Brené Brown

Empathy fuels connection; sympathy drives disconnection.

— Brené Brown

If we want to make meaning, we need to make art. Cook, write, draw, doodle, paint, scrapbook, take pictures, collage, knit, rebuild…

— Brené Brown

“the culture of shame is driven by fear, blame and disconnection and it's often a powerful incubator for issues like perfectionism ,stereotyping,…

— Brené Brown

Don't do anything that you're already not great at doing.

— Brené Brown

“Emotional upheavals touch every part of our lives. You don’t just lose a job, you don’t just get divorced. These things affect…

— Brené Brown

“The mark of a wild heart is living out the paradox of love in our lives. It's the ability to be tough…

— Brené Brown

“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

You can’t dress rehearse the bad moments.

— Brené Brown

Shame: We all have it. It's that gremlin that says 'I'm not enough.' Or, if you're feeling pretty confident,...'ooh, who do you…

— Brené Brown

“But there’s no equation where taking risks, braving uncertainty, and opening ourselves up to emotional exposure equals weakness.”

— Brené Brown

“True belonging doesn't require you to change who you are; it requires you to be who you are.”

— Brené Brown

“I didn’t want my level of self-love to limit how much I can love my children or my husband. Why? Because loving…

— Brené Brown

There is no intimacy without vulnerability. Yet another powerful example of vulnerability as courage.

— Brené Brown