I think that shame is a universal, paralyzing, painful emotion. — Brené Brown Emotion Copy Share Image
Our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self acceptance. — Brené Brown Acceptance Copy Share Image
I am a storyteller and a researcher, and I'm sorry the world has a hard time straddling the tension of those two… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
If we want to fully experience love and belonging, we must believe that we are worthy of love and belonging. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is not about fear and grief and disappointment; it is the birthplace of everything we're hungry for. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“always put off writing by reorganizing my entire house and spending way too much time and money buying office supplies and organizing… — Brené Brown Money Copy Share Image
Men walk this tightrope where any sign of weakness illicits shame, and so they're afraid to make themselves vulnerable for fear of… — Brené Brown Fear Copy Share Image
There is no intimacy without vulnerability. Yet another powerful example of vulnerability as courage. — Brené Brown Courage Copy Share Image
There is nothing more vulnerable than creativity. . . It's not about winning, it's not about losing, it's about showing up and being seen. — Brené Brown Creativity Copy Share Image
If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive. — Brené Brown Empathy Copy Share Image
Worrying about scarcity is our culture's version of post-traumatic stress. It happens when we've been through too much, and rather than coming… — Brené Brown Angry Copy Share Image
“An experience of collective pain does not deliver us from grief or sadness; it is a ministry of presence. These moments remind… — Brené Brown Grief Copy Share Image
“Group B: “I’ve simply stopped sending unnecessary e-mails and asked my friends and colleagues to do the same. I’ve also started setting… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“Get Deliberate: When I’m flooded with fear and scarcity, I try to call forward joy and sufficiency by acknowledging the fear, then… — Brené Brown Fear Copy Share Image
“Neuroeconomist Paul Zak has found that hearing a story—a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end—causes our brains to release cortisol and… — Brené Brown Narrative Copy Share Image
The laughter that happens when people are truth-telling and showing up and being real - I call that "knowing laughter." That's what… — Brené Brown Absurdity Copy Share Image
“...some people will continue to believe that fighting for what they need means denying the humanity of others. That makes connecting outside… — Brené Brown Connection-to-others Copy Share Image
“When we hear people referred to as animals or aliens, we should immediately wonder, “Is this an attempt to reduce someone’s humanity… — Brené Brown Aliens Copy Share Image
We judge people in areas where we’re vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing worse than we’re doing. If I… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“For me, and for many of us, our first waking thought of the day is "I didnt get enough sleep." The next… — Brené Brown Enough sleep Copy Share Image
“True belonging is not something you negotiate externally, it’s what you carry in your heart. It’s finding the sacredness in being a… — Brené Brown Bearing witness Copy Share Image
“After listening to everyone rumble with both their pain and their privilege, the white woman who wrote the “you don’t know me”… — Brené Brown 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 Feeling bad Copy Share Image
“Connection: Connection is the energy that is created between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and… — Brené Brown Belonging Copy Share Image
“It is easy to see how quickly expectations become layered, competitive and conflicting. This is how the shame web works. We have… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. Because this yearning is so primal, we often… — Brené Brown Acceptance Copy Share Image
“Rather than risking feeling disappointed, they’re choosing to live disappointed.” — Brené Brown Disappointed Copy Share Image
“The place of true belonging, it's the bravest and most sacred place you'll stand.” — Brené Brown Community Copy Share Image
Share with people who have earned the right to hear your story. — Brené Brown People Copy Share Image
Guilt: I'm sorry. I made a mistake. Shame: I'm sorry. I am a mistake. — Brené Brown Failure Copy Share Image
