We cannot ignore our pain and feel compassion for it at the same time. — Brené Brown Compassion Copy Share Image
The most powerful teaching moments are the ones where you screw up. — Brené Brown Education Copy Share Image
“As I look back, I realize I probably owe my career to not belonging.” — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“when we are in pain and fear, anger and hate are our go-to emotions.” — Brené Brown Anger Copy Share Image
If you're not in the arena also getting your ass kicked, I'm not interested in your feedback. — Brené Brown Arena Copy Share Image
If we don’t allow ourselves to experience joy and love, we will definitely miss out on filling our reservoir with what we… — Brené Brown And love Copy Share Image
Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what… — Brené Brown Child Copy Share Image
“Shaming and blaming without accountability is toxic to couples, families, organizations, and communities.” — Brené Brown Accountability Copy Share Image
“You will always belong anywhere you show up as yourself and talk about yourself and your work in a real way.” — Brené Brown Belong Copy Share Image
“extremists at both ends of the political continuum have more in common with each other than they do with the vast majority… — Brené Brown Politics Copy Share Image
“Connection is why we're here. We are hardwired to connect with others, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
We're all so busy chasing the extraordinary that we forget to stop and be grateful for the ordinary. — Brené Brown Be grateful Copy Share Image
Worrying about scarcity is our culture's version of post-traumatic stress. It happens when we've been through too much, and rather than coming… — Brené Brown Angry 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 Life Copy Share Image
“But here’s the dilemma: Why is “how-to” so alluring when, truthfully, we already know “how to” yet we’re still standing in the… — Brené Brown Dilemma Copy Share Image
Courage is a value. My faith is the organizing principle in my life and what underpins my faith is courage and love,… — Brené Brown Alignment Copy Share Image
Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows… — Brené Brown Addiction Copy Share Image
“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 Expectations Copy Share Image
“political correctness. The history of this concept is as wild and unruly as the conversations about it have become. At this point,… — Brené Brown Correctness Copy Share Image
“At the exact time that our society embraces shaming, blaming, judgment, and rejection, it also holds acceptance and belonging as immensely important.… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
Squandering our gifts brings distress to our lives. As it turns out, it's not merely benign or 'too bad' if we don't… — Brené Brown Benign Copy Share Image
To love someone fiercely, to believe in something with your whole heart, to celebrate a fleeting moment in time, to fully engage… — Brené Brown Believe 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 Truth Copy Share Image
“Get Deliberate: A good friend of mine heard this wonderful intention-setting reminder during a Twelve Step meeting. I love it! It’s called… — Brené Brown Friendship Copy Share Image
“When the culture of any organization mandates that it is more important to protect the reputation of a system and those in… — Brené Brown Accountability 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 Belief Copy Share Image
“Our research professors trained us to choose evidence over experience, reason over faith, science over art, and data over story. Ironically, at… — Brené Brown Dilemmas Copy Share Image
Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. Because this yearning is so primal, we often… — Brené Brown Acceptance Copy Share Image
Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
I'm just so grateful, because to feel this vulnerable means I'm alive. — Brené Brown Alive Copy Share Image
