We cannot ignore our pain and feel compassion for it at the same time. — Brené Brown Compassion Copy Share Image
Vulnerability pushed, I pushed back. I lost the fight, but probably won my life back. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
When we're defined by what people think we lose the courage to be vulnerable. — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
I became Vulnerability TED, like an action figure - like Ninja Barbie, but I'm Vulnerability TED. — Brené Brown Action Copy Share Image
We are a culture of people who've bought into the idea that if we stay busy enough, the truth of our lives… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“There’s a great quote from the movie Almost Famous that says, “The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you… — Brené Brown Movie Copy Share Image
Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement. — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
I can encourage my daughter to love her body, but what really matters are the observations she makes about my relationship with… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in. — Brené Brown Defeat Copy Share Image
Joy comes to us in moments--ordina ry moments. We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“True belonging has no bunkers. We have to step out from behind the barricades of self-preservation and brave the wild.” — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“need to know about disappointment: Disappointment is unmet expectations, and the more significant the expectations, the more significant the disappointment. The way… — Brené Brown Disappointment Copy Share Image
“Vault: Learning how to keep confidences, to recognize what's ours to share and what's not. The challenge is to stop using gossip,… — Brené Brown Common enemy Copy Share Image
“It’s helpful to keep in mind Alberto Brandolini’s Bullshit Asymmetry Principle or what’s sometimes known as Brandolini’s law: “The amount of energy… — Brené Brown Energy Copy Share Image
The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to… — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
Kids who have an understanding of how and why their feelings are what they are are much more likely to talk to… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“New worlds are important, but you can’t just describe them. Give us the stories that make up that universe. No matter how… — Brené Brown New world Copy Share Image
Nothing is as uncomfortable, dangerous and hurtful as believing that I'm standing on the outside of my life looking in and wondering… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Before conducting this research I thought that numbing and taking the edge off was just about addiction, but I don’t believe that… — Brené Brown Addiction Copy Share Image
“Courage originally meant “To speak one’s mind by telling all one’s heart.” Over time, this definition has changed, and, today, courage is… — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
“True belonging is not passive. It's not the belonging that comes with just joining a group. It's not fitting in or pretending… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“After that, he said, his father, who had always been neutral about his art, forbade him from taking classes. Even his mother,… — Brené Brown Art 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 Belonging Copy Share Image
“Cultivating intuition and trusting faith: letting go of the need for certainty 6. Cultivating creativity: letting go of comparison 7. Cultivating play… — Brené Brown Creativity Copy Share Image
“When we spend a lifetime trying to distance ourselves from the parts of our lives that don’t fit with who we think… — Brené Brown Life Copy Share Image
“Make a list of the work that inspires you. Don’t be practical. Don’t think about making a living; think about doing something… — Brené Brown Inspiration Copy Share Image
We're a nation hungry for more joy: Because we're starving from a lack of gratitude. — Brené Brown Gratitude Copy Share Image
“We have to listen to understand in the same way we want to be understood.” — Brené Brown Communication Copy Share Image
At the end of my life I want to be able to say I contributed more than I criticized. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I believe in the healing power of laughter. I believe laughter forces us to breathe. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Hope is not an emotion; it's a way of thinking or a cognitive process. — Brené Brown Emotion Copy Share Image
In a highly critical, scarcity-based world, everyone's afraid to fail. — Brené Brown Afraid to fail Copy Share Image
