We can only belong when we offer our most authentic selves and when we're embraced for who we are. — Brené Brown Authentic self Copy Share Image
Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“It was as if she bundled up all the courage I'll ever need in my entire life and handed it to me.” — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
“Courage is forged in pain, but not in all pain. Pain that is denied or ignored becomes fear or hate.” — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
“The word compassion is derived from the Latin words pati and cum, meaning “to suffer with.” — Brené Brown Compassion Copy Share Image
“No. Shame and self-esteem are very different issues. We feel shame. We think self-esteem.” — Brené Brown Guilt Copy Share Image
Anonymous comments? You're not in the arena, man. If you can't say it to me in person in front of my kids,… — Brene Brown Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the most painfully inauthentic ways we show up in our lives sometimes is saying "yes" when we mean "no," and… — Brené Brown Diplomat Copy Share Image
“Here’s the bottom line: If we want to live and love with our whole hearts, and if we want to engage with… — Brené Brown Bottom line Copy Share Image
“So, what does a gratitude practice look like? The folks I interviewed talked about keeping gratitude journals, doing daily gratitude meditations or… — Brené Brown Art Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is a self destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly,… — Brené Brown Belief Copy Share Image
“• Belonging is being somewhere where you want to be, and they want you. Fitting in is being somewhere where you want… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I was raised in a family where vulnerability was barely tolerated: no training wheels on our bicycles, no goggles in the pool,… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all women, men, and children. We are biologically, cognitively, physically,… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“To be nobody-but-yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody but yourself—means to fight… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Living a connected life ultimately is about setting boundaries, spending less time and energy hustling and winning over people who don't matter,… — Brené Brown Boundaries Copy Share Image
“Dehumanizing and holding people accountable are mutually exclusive. Humiliation and dehumanizing are not accountability or social justice tools, they’re emotional off-loading at… — Brené Brown Dehumanizing Copy Share Image
“The special courage it takes to experience true belonging is not just about braving the wilderness, it’s about becoming the wilderness. It’s… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“It was December 15, 2012, the day after twenty-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot twenty children between six and seven years old, as… — Brené Brown Anxiety and fear Copy Share Image
“Real power is basically the ability to change something if you want to change it. It’s the ability to make change happen.… — Brené Brown Ability to change Copy Share Image
“But after spending countless hours collecting stories about joy and gratitude, three powerful patterns emerged: Without exception, every person I interviewed who… — Brené Brown Gratitude Copy Share Image
“Dr. Lerner explains that we all have patterned ways of managing anxiety. Some of us respond to anxiety by overfunctioning and others… — Brené Brown Anxiety Copy Share Image
To become fully human means learning to turn my gratitude for being alive into some concrete common good. It means growing gentler… — Brené Brown Alive Copy Share Image
“-Si noua ne este rusine. Uneori, teribil de rusine. Dar cand incercam sa spunem cuiva despre asta, ne coplesc emotiile. Mi-a fost… — Brené Brown Amor Copy Share Image
The moment someone asks you to do something you don't have the time or inclination to do is fraught with vulnerability. — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life, where” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and… — Brené Brown Attention Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as creative and non-creative people, only people who use their creativity and people who don't. — Brené Brown Creative Copy Share Image
When the people we love stop paying attention, trust begins to slip away and hurt starts seeping in. — Brene Brown Attention Copy Share Image
Connection, the ability to feel connected, is neurobiologically wired, that’s why we’re here! — Brené Brown Ability Copy Share Image
“You're doing important work. Keep doing it. Keep talking about your work. Don't stop and don't let anyone get in your way.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Mindfully practicing authenticity during our most soul-searching struggles is how we invite grace, joy and gratitude into our lives. — Brené Brown Authenticity 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
“A wild heart is not something you can always see -- and yet it is our greatest spiritual possession.” — Brené Brown Spiritual Copy Share Image
“Laura's courage is acknowledging hurt without running from it, and my courage is acknowledging hurt and not hurting back. We also agreed… — Brené Brown Brave Copy Share Image
“Trying to avoid media messages is like holding your breath to avoid air pollution—it’s not going to happen.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it's a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction… — Brené Brown Change Copy Share Image
The truth is, rarely can a response make something better - what makes something better is connection. — Brené Brown Connection Copy Share Image
Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light. — Brené Brown Brave Copy Share Image
“would feel if we just had a really great guest room or a better kitchen, or if I got to speak here… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
