“Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth. Perfectionism is the belief that if we live perfect, look perfect, and act perfect, we can minimize or avoid the pain of blame, judgement, and shame. It's a shield.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Perfectionism, Goal setting, Career, Goals, vulnerability
“Cruelty is cheap, easy, and rampant. It's also chicken-shit.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Cruelty, vulnerability
“Worthiness doesn't have prerequisites.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: How to be good at love, Self-Worth, Self-Esteem
“If we want to fully experience love and belonging, we must belive that we are worthy of love and belonging.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: How to be good at love, Self-Worth, Self-Esteem
“Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Before and after
“I now see how the work of cultivating and letting go that shows up in the 10 guideposts is not "to-do list" material. It's not something we accomplish or acquire and then check off our list. It's life work. It's soul work.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Before and after
“The universe is not short on wake-up calls. We're just quick to hit the snooze button.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Breakdowns, Breakthroughs, humor
“Knowledge is important, but only if we're being kind and gentle with ourselves as we work to discover who we are.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Self-knowledge, Self-Love
“I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Motivational, Self-Love
“We can’t selectively numb emotion. Numb the dark and you numb the light.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: emotions, Control, Positivity, Acceptance
“We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: emotions, Control, Acceptance
“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Honesty, Women, feminism, strength, Courage
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Shame works like the zoom lens on a camera. When we are feeling shame, the camera is zoomed in tight and all we see is our flawed selves, alone and struggling.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Shame, Self-Love, Imperfection, Perfection, Change
“The universe is not short on wake-up calls. We’re just quick to hit the snooze button.”— Brené Brown, amazon.comTagged: Wake-Up Calls, Change, Ignorance, Self-improvement