Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you've got all the answers, then don't call what you do 'faith.' — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
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 Belonging Copy Share Image
I think a lot of us are multiple things that don't always fit together neatly in a bio box. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Trust is a product of vulnerability that grows over time and requires work, attention, and full engagement. — Brené Brown Attention Copy Share Image
I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults. — Brené Brown Adults Copy Share Image
“Belonging to ourselves means being called to stand alone - to brave the wilderness of uncertainty, vulnerability, and criticism.” — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“If connection is the energy that surges between people, we have to remember that those surges must travel in both directions.” — Brené Brown Connection Copy Share Image
“Steve said, You will always belong anywhere you show up as yourself and talk about yourself and your work in a real… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“When we hear stories about shame that don’t fit with our experiences, our first reaction is often to distance ourselves from the… — Brené Brown Marriage Copy Share Image
We teach what we have to learn. It's been an extraordinary journey that I couldn't have done with not only the research… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“I believe Black Lives Matter is a movement to rehumanize black citizens. All lives matter, but not all lives need to be… — Brené Brown Black lives Copy Share Image
I think if you follow anyone home, whether they live in Houston or London, and you sit at their dinner table and… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
I carry a small sheet of paper in my wallet that has written on it the names of people whose opinions of… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
If we want to cultivate hopefulness, we have to be willing to be flexible and demonstrate perseverance. Not every goal will look… — Brené Brown Belief Copy Share Image
One of the reasons we judge each other so harshly in this world of parenting is because... we perceive anyone else who's… — Brené Brown Child Copy Share Image
“Our world needs us to show up and stand up for our beliefs. I just hope we're civil and respectful. When we… — Brené Brown Faith Copy Share Image
“I know that these examples are symptomatic of the cruelty culture that we live in today and that everyone is fair game,… — Brené Brown Cruelty Copy Share Image
“Knowing what I do now, I think about shame and worthiness in this way: 'It's the album, not the picture.' If you… — Brené Brown Guilt Copy Share Image
“I definitely believe that genetics and neurobiology can play a critical role in addiction, but I also believe that there are countless… — Brené Brown Addiction Copy Share Image
“One of the most powerful ways that our shame triggers get reinforced is when we enter into a social contract based on… — Brené Brown Art of living Copy Share Image
“Cassandra Dahnke and Tomas Spath, write: Civility is claiming and caring for one’s identity, needs, and beliefs without degrading someone else’s in… — Brené Brown Civility Copy Share Image
“I knew this was a critically important finding in my research, so I spent several hundred interviews trying to better understand the… — Brené Brown Addiction Copy Share Image
On the flip side, I've also had to struggle with saying "yes." Before I did this research and before I had my… — Brené Brown Adults Copy Share Image
“And, if that’s not news enough, here’s something else: Hope is learned! Snyder suggests that we learn hopeful, goal-directed thinking in the… — Brené Brown Children Copy Share Image
“Technology, for instance, has become a kind of imposter for connection, making us believe we’re connected when we’re really not—at least not… — Brené Brown Imposter Copy Share Image
What's the greater risk? Letting go of what people think - or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is not about winning, and it's not about losing. It's about having the courage to show up and be seen. — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
“Empathy heals shame; sympathy exacerbates shame. We don't want people to feel sorry for us; we want people to be with us.” — Brené Brown Communication Copy Share Image
“To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly.” — Brené Brown Daring Copy Share Image
Here's what is truly at the heart of wholeheartedness: Worthy now, not if, not when, we're worthy of love and belonging now.… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“When I let go of trying to be everything to everyone, I had much more time, attention, love, and connection for the… — Brené Brown Attention Copy Share Image
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they… — Brené Brown Hate Copy Share Image
“bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are. Harry G. Frankfurt, Professor Emeritus, Yale University (From his book, On… — Brené Brown Bullshit Copy Share Image
“If the goal is authenticity and they don't like me, I'm okay. If the goal is being liked and they don't like… — Brené Brown Authenticity Copy Share Image
“trust as “choosing to risk making something you value vulnerable to another person’s actions,” — Brené Brown Trust Copy Share Image
Our need for certainty in an endeavor as uncertain as raising children makes explicit 'how-to-parent' strategies both seductive and dangerous. — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
Every time we choose courage, we make everyone around us a little better and the world a little braver. And our world… — Brené Brown Betterment Copy Share Image
“I can confidently say that stories of pain and courage almost always include two things: praying and cussing. Sometimes at the exact… — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
We are hardwired to connect with others, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering. — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“To foreclose on our emotional life out of a fear that the costs will be too high is to walk away from… — Brené Brown Emotional life Copy Share Image
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