“Art has the power to render sorrow beautiful, make loneliness a shared experience, and transform despair into hope.” — Brené Brown Art Copy Share Image
Joy, collected over time, fuels resilience - ensuring we'll have reservoirs of emotional strength when hard things do happen. — Brené Brown Emotional Copy Share Image
Cool is the emotional straightjacket. It makes us less available for connection which makes us less equipped for leadership roles. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
If we can’t stand up to the never good enough and who do you think you are? we can’t move forward. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have -- it's something we… — Brené Brown Character Copy Share Image
“Courage is contagious. My friend Katherine Center says, "You have to be brave with your life so that others can be brave… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Connection to a larger humanity gives people more freedom to express their individuality without fear of jeopardizing belonging.” — Brené Brown Fear Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous... I define vulnerability as emotional risk, exposure, uncertainty. It fuels our daily… — Brené Brown Daily life Copy Share Image
“E. E. Cummings wrote, “To be nobody-but-yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody… — Brené Brown War Copy Share Image
“Research shows that playing cards once a week or meeting friends every Wednesday night at Starbucks adds as many years to our… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Get Going: From taking turns being thankful during grace to more creative projects like creating a jar to keep gratitude notes in,… — Brené Brown Grace Copy Share Image
“Perfectionism is correlated with depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis or missed opportunities. The fear of failing, making mistakes, not meeting people’s… — Brené Brown Depression Copy Share Image
“And if we all have shame, the good news is that we’re all capable of developing shame resilience. Shame resilience is the… — Brené Brown Good news Copy Share Image
“We need more people who are willing to demonstrate what it looks like to risk and endure failure, disappointment, and regret—people willing… — Brené Brown Failure Copy Share Image
“Our stories are not meant for everyone. Hearing them is a privilege, and we should always ask ourselves this before we share:… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Joseph Campbell wrote, “If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“One of the biggest surprises in this research was learning that fitting in and belonging are not the same thing. In fact,… — Brené Brown Belonging 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
“One of the most profound changes in my life happened when I got my head around the relationship between gratitude and joy.… — Brené Brown Gratitude Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment. Mindfulness also involves acceptance, meaning that we… — Brené Brown Focus Copy Share Image
“Stop walking through the world looking for confirmation that you don’t belong. You will always find it because you’ve made that your… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Acknowledging vulnerability is possible only if we feel we can reach out for support. To do so, we must feel some competence… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Here’s what I believe: 1. If you are offended or hurt when you hear Hillary Clinton or Maxine Waters called bitch, whore,… — Brené Brown Basic human rights Copy Share Image
Connection is why we're here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives. The power that connection holds in our… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness. — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
In many ways, September feels like the busiest time of the year: The kids go back to school, work piles up after… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“Killing Us Softly 4,6 and Katz’s DVD is titled Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity.7) As” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“You are only free when you realize you belong no place—you belong every place—no place at all. The price is high. The… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
We're all so busy chasing the extraordinary that we forget to stop and be grateful for the ordinary. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The only unique contribution that we will ever make in this world will be born of our creativity. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The only universal language I know of that wraps up joy and gratitude and love is laughter. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“The opposite of "never enough" isn't abundance or "more than you could ever imagine." The opposite of scarcity is enough...” — Brené Brown Abundance Copy Share Image
We use work to numb out. We can't turn off our machines because we're afraid we're going to miss something. — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
I don't just want someone who says they love me; I want someone who practices that love for me every day. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
There’s nothing more daring than showing up, putting ourselves out there and letting ourselves be seen. — Brené Brown Daring Copy Share Image
Knowledge is important, but only if we're being kind and gentle with ourselves as we work to discover who we are. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Courage is telling our story, not being immune to criticism. Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want… — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
“When we let people take our vulnerability or fill us with their hate, we turn over our entire life to them.” — Brené Brown Entire life Copy Share Image
“as someone who thought that knowledge was more important than practice, I found these words to be a call to action.” — Brené Brown Call to action Copy Share Image
The intention and outcome of vulnerability is trust, intimacy and connection. The outcome of oversharing is distrust, disconnection - and usually a… — Brene Brown Connection Copy Share Image
