We're a nation of exhausted and over-stressed adults raising over-scheduled children. — Brené Brown Adults Copy Share Image
Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we're all in this together. — Brené Brown Imperfection Copy Share Image
We're raising children who have little tolerance for disappointment — Brené Brown Child Copy Share Image
Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough. — Brené Brown Emotion Copy Share Image
You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you can't have both. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic. — Brené Brown Authentic Copy Share Image
“Connection is why we're here. We are hardwired to connect with others, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“extremists at both ends of the political continuum have more in common with each other than they do with the vast majority… — Brené Brown Extremists Copy Share Image
“Shaming and blaming without accountability is toxic to couples, families, organizations, and communities.” — Brené Brown Accountability Copy Share Image
“You will always belong anywhere you show up as yourself and talk about yourself and your work in a real way.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
If you're not in the arena also getting your ass kicked, I'm not interested in your feedback. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
If we don’t allow ourselves to experience joy and love, we will definitely miss out on filling our reservoir with what we… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what… — Brené Brown Child Copy Share Image
Authenticity is also about the courage and the vulnerability to say, "Yeah, I'll try it. I feel pretty uncomfortable and I feel… — Brené Brown Authenticity Copy Share Image
“I’m white and everything is made for me.” A black female student said, “I’m straight. I can hold hands with my boyfriend… — Brené Brown Christian Copy Share Image
We would solve a lot of huge problems that are causing massive suffering. Poverty, violence, homophobia, heterosexism, racism, the environment - all… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
If we want to be able to move through the difficult disappointments, the hurt feelings, and the heartbreaks that are inevitable in… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance,… — Brene Brown Authentic Copy Share Image
Then I tell my own story. The two things that people really need to transform is language to understand their experience and… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
If you're also in the arena and you're putting your ideas out and you're owning them and you're saying "I disagree with… — Brené Brown Academic Copy Share Image
“We love seeing raw truth and openness in other people, but we're afraid to let them see it in us. We're afraid… — Brené Brown Openness Copy Share Image
“Powerlessness is dangerous. For most of us, the inability to effect change is a desperate feeling. We need resilience and hope and… — Brené Brown Change Copy Share Image
“The death of the idealized versions of our parents, teachers, and mentors—a stage in the hero’s journey—is always scary because it means… — Brené Brown Death Copy Share Image
“If we have one or two people in our lives who can sit with us and hold space for our shame stories,… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“I only accept and pay attention to feedback from people who are also in the arena. If you're occasionally getting your butt… — Brené Brown Criticism Copy Share Image
“I try to make authenticity my number one goal when I go into a situation where I’m feeling vulnerable. If authenticity is… — Brené Brown Authenticity Copy Share Image
Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that… — Brené Brown Acceptance Copy Share Image
“I was not prepared to hear over and over from men how the women—the mothers, sisters, girlfriends, wives—in their lives are constantly… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“I've also learned that the more we diminish our own pain, or rank it compared to what others have survived, the less… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“As a recovering perfectionist and an aspiring good-enoughist, I’ve found it extremely helpful to bust some of the myths about perfectionism so… — Brené Brown Perfection Copy Share Image
“They may have permission to go to the zoo, but they still need to get on the bus.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
