We are the most in-debt, obese, addicted and medicated adult cohort in U.S. history. — Brené Brown Adults Copy Share Image
Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart. — Brené Brown Business Copy Share Image
Rest and play, are as vital to our health as nutrition and exercise — Brené Brown Exercise Copy Share Image
We need to change what we say and what we allow to be said in front of us. — Brené Brown Change Copy Share Image
There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period. — Brené Brown Creativity Copy Share Image
“1. People Are Hard to Hate Close Up. Move In. 2. Speak Truth to Bullshit. Be Civil. 3. Hold Hands. With Strangers.… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“For many of us, our first response to vulnerability and pain of these sharp points is not to lean into the discomfort… — Brené Brown Discomfort Copy Share Image
“Quick and dirty wins the race. Perfection is the enemy of done. Good enough is really effin’ good.” — Brené Brown Excellence Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn't feel vulnerable, the sharing is… — Brene Brown Copy Share Image
“When we pretend that we can avoid vulnerability we engage in behaviors that are often inconsistent with who we want to be.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“When we stop caring about what people think, we lose our capacity for connection. When we become defined by what people think,… — Brene Brown Compassion Copy Share Image
We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions. — Brené Brown Abnormal psychology Copy Share Image
“For me, vulnerability led to anxiety, which led to shame, which led to disconnection, which led to Bud Light.” — Brené Brown Vulnerability Copy Share Image
Spirituality is recognizing and celebrating that we are all inextricably connected to each other by a power greater than all of us,… — Brené Brown Beautiful life Copy Share Image
“political correctness. The history of this concept is as wild and unruly as the conversations about it have become. At this point,… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Women most often experience shame as a web of layered, conflicting, and competing social-community expectations. The expectations dictate who we should be,… — Brené Brown Expectations Copy Share Image
Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows… — Brené Brown Addiction Copy Share Image
Courage is a value. My faith is the organizing principle in my life and what underpins my faith is courage and love,… — Brené Brown Alignment Copy Share Image
“It’s in our biology to trust what we see with our eyes. This makes living in a carefully edited, overproduced, and Photoshopped… — Brené Brown Life Copy Share Image
“But here’s the dilemma: Why is “how-to” so alluring when, truthfully, we already know “how to” yet we’re still standing in the… — Brené Brown Dilemma Copy Share Image
“Stillness is not about focusing on nothingness; it’s about creating a clearing. It’s opening up an emotionally clutter-free space and allowing ourselves… — Brené Brown Nothingness Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is not weakness, and the uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure we face every day are not optional. Our only choice is… — Brené Brown Choices Copy Share Image
“Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind, she defines each of these elements: Self-kindness: Being warm and understanding toward ourselves… — Brené Brown Common humanity Copy Share Image
“We don't compare our houses to the mansions across town; we compare our yard to the yards on our block. When we… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Funerals, in fact, are one of the most powerful examples of collective pain. They feature in a surprising finding from my research… — Brené Brown Death Copy Share Image
“Without exception, spirituality—the belief in connection, a power greater than self, and interconnections grounded in love and compassion—emerged as a component of… — Brené Brown Faith Copy Share Image
“A trai din plin inseamna sa te implici in viata ta, fiind constient de propria valoarre. Inseamna sa cultivi curajul, compasiunea si… — Brené Brown Amor Copy Share Image
“Love: We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we… — Brené Brown Desire Copy Share Image
“Joy and gratitude can be very vulnerable and intense experiences. We are an anxious people and many of us have very little… — Brené Brown Anxiety and fear Copy Share Image
How can we embrace rest and play if we've tied our self-worth to what we produce? — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
You cannot shame or belittle people into changing their behaviors. — Brené Brown Behavior Copy Share Image
Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love. — Brené Brown Boost self confidence Copy Share Image
“We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
When we numb [hard feelings], we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness. — Brené Brown Feelings Copy Share Image