“We need to have owned our stories before sharing them is experienced as a gift. A story is only ready to share… — Brené Brown Vulnerability Copy Share Image
“They may have permission to go to the zoo, but they still need to get on the bus.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
'Crazy-busy' is a great armor, it's a great way for numbing. What a lot of us do is that we stay so… — Brene Brown Armor Copy Share Image
If you put shame in a petri dish, it needs three ingredients to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put… — Brené Brown Amount 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
“If we want to reignite innovation and passion, we have to rehumanize work.” — Brené Brown Innovation Copy Share Image
“After a year or two of sitting out, being called out, and sometimes being left out, I was sent to the office,… — Brené Brown New life Copy Share Image
I'm just so grateful, because to feel this vulnerable means I'm alive. — Brené Brown Alive Copy Share Image
If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive. — Brené Brown Empathy Copy Share Image
“The biggest potential for helping us overcome shame is this: We are “those people.” The truth is…we are the others. Most of… — Brené Brown Abortion Copy Share Image
“intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life, where” — Brené Brown Life Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity.… — Brené Brown Accountability Copy Share Image
“To brave the wilderness and become the wilderness we must learn how to trust ourselves and trust others.” — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
When we lose our tolerance for vulnerability, joy becomes foreboding. — Brené Brown Foreboding Copy Share Image
“True belonging is not something you negotiate externally, it’s what you carry in your heart. It’s finding the sacredness in being a… — Brené Brown Bearing witness Copy Share Image
The only universal language I know of that wraps up joy and gratitude and love is laughter. — Brené Brown And love Copy Share Image
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
Let go of who you think you should be in order to be who you are. Be imperfect and have compassion for… — Brené Brown Authenticity 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 Love Copy Share Image
Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others. — Brené Brown Boundaries Copy Share Image
Shame derives its power from being unspeakable...If we speak shame, it begins to wither. Just the way exposure to light was deadly… — Brené Brown Empathy Copy Share Image
“Overcoming self-doubt is all about believing we’re enough and letting go of what the world says we’re supposed to be and supposed… — Brené Brown Doubt Copy Share Image