Brené Brown Quotes

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We cannot ignore our pain and feel compassion for it at the same time.

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Even to me the issue of "stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest" sounds like an outdated problem, but the truth is that women still run into those demands whenever we find and use our voices.

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Vulnerability is based on mutuality and requires boundaries and trust. It's not oversharing, it's not purging, it's not indiscriminate disclosure, and it's not celebrity-style social media information dumps. Vulnerability is about sharing our feelings and our experiences with people who have earned the right to hear them.

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Who we are matters immeasurably more than what we know or who we want to be.

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To live with courage, purpose, and connection - to be the person whom we long to be - we must again be vulnerable. We must... show up, and let ourselves be seen.

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We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection

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Trust is a product of vulnerability that grows over time and requires work, attention, and full engagement.

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There is no intimacy without vulnerability. Yet another powerful example of vulnerability as courage.

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Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

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When failure is not an option, we can forget about creativity, learning, and innovation.

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Together we will cry and face fear and grief. I will want to take away your pain. But instead I will sit with you and teach you how to feel it.

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Empathy doesn't require that we have the exact same experiences as the person sharing their story with us...Empathy is connecting with the emotion that someone is experiencing, not the event or the circumstance.

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If we want to be able to move through the difficult disappointments, the hurt feelings, and the heartbreaks that are inevitable in a fully lived life, we can't equate defeat with being unworthy of love, belonging and joy. If we do, we'll never show up and try again.

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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.

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I believe that owning our worthiness is the act of acknowledging that we are sacred. Perhaps embracing vulnerability and overcoming numbing is ultimately about the care and feeding of our spirits

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We are hardwired to connect with others, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering.

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If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally. Take it personally because it is personal!

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'Crazy-busy' is a great armor, it's a great way for numbing. What a lot of us do is that we stay so busy, and so out in front of our life, that the truth of how we're feeling and what we really need can't catch up with us.

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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.

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We don't have to be perfect, just engaged and committed to aligning values with actions.

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Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.

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You cannot shame or belittle people into changing their behaviors.

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I'm not a parenting expert. In fact, I'm not sure that I even believe in the idea of 'parenting experts.' I'm an engaged, imperfect parent and a passionate researcher. I'm an experienced mapmaker and a stumbling traveler. Like many of you, parenting is by far my boldest and most daring adventure.

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Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart.

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Healthy striving is about striving for internal goals, and wanting to be our best selves. Perfectionism is not motivated internally. Perfectionism is about what people will think. And you do not see effective leaders in corporations sitting on an email for three hours to make sure it's worded just perfectly. You don't. They have work to get done.. You don't see elite athletes letting themselves be discouraged by a bad workout or a single bad performance. It happens all the time. They're accustomed to winning, they're accustomed to losing. Once perfectionism becomes the goal, they're out of the sport.

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