Love is a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them - we… — Brené Brown Connections Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is the core of shame and fear and our struggle for worthiness, but it appears that it's also the birthplace of… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance. — Brene Brown Authenticity Copy Share Image
“But what we know now is that when we deny our emotion, it owns us. When we own our emotion, we can… — Brené Brown Emotion Copy Share Image
If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable… — Brené Brown Addiction Copy Share Image
“Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance.” — Brené Brown Acceptance Copy Share Image
When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. — Brené Brown Boundaries Copy Share Image
“Never underestimate the power of being seen - it's exhausting to keep working against yourself when someone truly sees you and loves… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“True belonging is the spiritual practice of believing in and belonging to yourself so deeply that you can share your most authentic… — Brené Brown Authentic self Copy Share Image
Until we can receive with an open heart, we're never really giving with an open heart. When we attach judgment to receiving… — Brené Brown Giving Copy Share Image
Shame cannot survive being spoken. It cannot tolerate having words wrapped around it. What it craves is secrecy, silence, and judgment. If… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I’m not very creative” doesn’t work. There’s no such thing as creative people and non-creative people. There are only people who use… — Brené Brown Creative Copy Share Image
“Perfectionism is a shield that we carry with a thought process that says this, 'If I look perfect, live perfect, work perfect,… — Brené Brown Excellence Copy Share Image
“In our technology-crazed world, we’ve confused being communicative with feeling connected. Just because we’re plugged in, doesn’t mean we feel seen and… — Brené Brown Communication Copy Share Image
“And if our faith asks us to find the face of God in everyone we meet, that should include the politicians, media,… — Brené Brown Faith Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is based on mutuality and requires boundaries and trust. It's not oversharing, it's not purging, it's not indiscriminate disclosure, and it's… — Brené Brown Boundaries Copy Share Image
“Speaking truth to bullshit and practicing civility start with knowing ourselves and knowing the behaviors and issues that both push into our… — Brené Brown Accountability Copy Share Image
“Craig Bryan, a University of Texas psychologist and suicide expert who recently left the air force, told Time magazine that the military… — Brené Brown Air force Copy Share Image
“Belonging so fully to yourself that you're willing to stand alone is a wilderness -- an untamed, unpredictable place of solitude and… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“There are times we will miss the opportunity to be empathic. Mental health professionals often call these “empathic failures.” There are also… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Twinkle lights are the perfect metaphor for joy. Joy is not a constant. It comes to us in moments—often ordinary moments. Sometimes… — Brené Brown Happiness Copy Share Image
“We don’t need love and belonging and story-catching from everyone in our lives, but we need it from at least one person.… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
After doing this work or the past twelve years and watching scarcity ride roughshod over our families, organizations, and communities, I'd say… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“I don’t want to admit it, but the truth is that stillness used to be very anxiety provoking for me. In my… — Brené Brown Serenity Copy Share Image
Shame works like the zoom lens on a camera. When we are feeling shame, the camera is zoomed in tight and all… — Brené Brown Cameras Copy Share Image
“I'm not here so my business self can talk to their business selves. I'm here to talk from my hearts to their… — Brené Brown Business Copy Share Image
Ironically, parenting is a shame and judgment minefield precisely because most of us are wading through uncertainty and self-doubt when it comes… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“True belonging doesn't require you to change who you are; it requires you to be who you are.” — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
Feeling vulnerable, imperfect, and afraid is human. It's when we lose our capacity to hold space for these struggles that we become… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can't use shame to change ourselves or others. — Brené Brown Change Copy Share Image
“There are lots of great teachers and speakers - you'll just need to find one who will dress up, clean up, and… — Brené Brown Education Copy Share Image
My husband's a pediatrician, so he and I talk about parenting all the time. You can't raise children who have more shame… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“Ordinary courage is about putting our vulnerability on the line. In today’s world, that’s pretty extraordinary.” — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
Our capacity for wholeheartednes s can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The one thing that keeps us out of connection is our fear that we're not worthy of connection. — Brené Brown Connection Copy Share Image
I've learned a lot since I was a new mother. My approach to struggle and shame now is to talk to yourself… — Brene Brown Approach 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
“You share with people who've earned the right to hear your story. ...You have to earn the right to hear my story.… — Brené Brown Inspirational Copy Share Image
“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool. — A QUOTE FROM… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness. — Brené Brown Confidence Copy Share Image
