“We love seeing raw truth and openness in other people, but we're afraid to let them see it in us. We're afraid that our truth isn't enough - that what we have to offer isn't enough without the bells and whistles, without editing, and impressing.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Truth, Honesty, Openness, Courage, vulnerability
“Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.”— Brené Brown, goodreads.comTagged: vulnerability, Love, self awareness, Acceptance, Tolerance
“We risk missing out on joy when we get too busy chasing down the extraordinary.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Joy, Extraordinary, Goals, Life, Happiness
“I want to be in the arena. I want to be brave with my life. And when we make the choice to dare greatly, we sign up to get our asses kicked. We can choose courage or we can choose comfort, but we can’t have both. Not at the same time. Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage t…”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: strength, Bravery, vulnerability, Courage
“Heartbreak knocks the wind out of you, and the feelings of loss and longing can make getting out of bed a monumental task. Learning to trust and lean in to love again can feel impossible.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Heartbreak, Love, Relationships, Getting Back Up, Trust
“Shame loses power when it is spoken.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Shame, Power, Connection, Love, Self-Love
“After collecting thousands of stories, I’m willing to call this a fact: A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all women, men, and children. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we…”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Love, Relationships, Connection, Health, Needs
“There is no intimacy without vulnerability.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Intimacy, vulnerability, Love, Relationships
“A lot of cheap seats in the arena are filled with people who never venture onto the floor. They just hurl mean-spirited criticisms and put-downs from a safe distance. The problem is, when we stop caring what people think and stop feeling hurt by cruelty, we lose our ability to connect. But when we’r…”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Bravery, Trying, Critics, vulnerability
“Courage is a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Courage, Virtues, vulnerability, Change, Personal Growth
“It’s always helpful to remember that when perfectionism is driving, shame is riding shotgun.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Shame, Perfectionism
“Research tells us that we judge people in areas where we're vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing worse than we're doing. If I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people's choices. If I feel good about my body, I don't go around making fun of other…”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Shame, vulnerability, Criticism, Critics
“Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn’t change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Imperfection, Fear, Bravery, Worthiness, Self-Love
“Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. Because this yearning is so primal, we often try to acquire it by fitting in and by seeking approval, which are not only hollow substitutes for belonging, but often barriers to it. Because true belonging only happens when w…”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Belonging, Love, Acceptance, Self-Acceptance, External Validation
“When I see people stand fully in their truth, or when I see someone fall down, get back up, and say, ‘Damn. That really hurt, but this is important to me and I’m going in again’—my gut reaction is, ‘What a badass.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Truth, Authenticity, strength, Badasses, Courage
“When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Authenticity, Relating, Love, Connection, Bravery
“We don't have to do all of it alone. We were never meant to.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Connection, Asking For Help, Shame, Courage, Bravery
“Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: vulnerability, Love, Life, Courage
“Just because someone isn’t willing or able to love us, it doesn’t mean that we are unlovable.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Love, strength, Self-Love, Shame
“People who wade into discomfort and vulnerability and tell the truth about their stories are the real badasses.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Baddasses, Pain, vulnerability, strength
“Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it’s a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Shame, Worthiness, Self-Love
“We live in a world where most people still subscribe to the belief that shame is a good tool for keeping people in line. Not only is this wrong, but it’s dangerous. Shame is highly correlated with addiction, violence, aggression, depression, eating disorders, and bullying.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Shame, Violence, Addiction, Depression, Self-Esteem
“There are too many people today who instead of feeling hurt are acting out their hurt; instead of acknowledging pain, they’re inflicting pain on others. Rather than risking feeling disappointed, they’re choosing to live disappointed. Emotional stoicism is not badassery. Blustery posturing is not bad…”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Pain, hurt, Emotional Distance, Stoicism, Disappointment
“We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can't use shame to change ourselves or others.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Shame, Change, Growth, Personal Growth
“We cannot ignore our pain and feel compassion for it at the same time.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Compassion, Pain, Self-Love, Self-Acceptance
“Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: actions, Parents, Worldview, Parenting
“No one reaches out to you for compassion or empathy so you can teach them how to behave better. They reach out to us because they believe in our capacity to know our darkness well enough to sit in the dark with them.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: vulnerability, Compassion, Bravery, Darkness
“Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have -- it's something we choose to practice.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Compassion, Love, Acceptance, Choices
“One of the greatest barriers to connection is the cultural importance we place on "going it alone." Somehow we've come to equate success with not needing anyone. Many of us are willing to extend a helping hand, but we're very reluctant to reach out for help when we need it ourselves. It's as if we'v…”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: help, Accepting Help, Perfection