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Courage is telling our story, not being immune to criticism.

Brené Brown

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Brené Brown
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: November 18
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Shame derives its power from being unspeakable...If we speak shame, it begins to wither. Just the way exposure to light was deadly for the gremlins, language and story bring light to shame and destroy it.
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We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.
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We need to change what we say and what we allow to be said in front of us.
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We would solve a lot of huge problems that are causing massive suffering. Poverty, violence, homophobia, heterosexism, racism, the environment - all these things that are crippling us. We need big, bold, dangerous, crazy ideas to solve these problems. When failure is not an option, innovation and creativity are not options.
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If you own this story you get to write the ending.
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When you ask people about love, they tell you about heartbreak.
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Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.
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I don't just want someone who says they love me I want someone who practices that love for me every day.
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It was scary. But it was so liberating. I thought, This is not predetermined - I get to choose. There are some days where I have to choose five times in a day. I had to make a choice when you called and the phone rang, whether I'm going to show up and be me, or whether I'm going to say what I think I'm supposed to say and get off the phone.
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Vulnerability pushed, I pushed back. I lost the fight, but probably won my life back.
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I think a lot of us are looking for the same thing. I feel very lucky to have a definitive moment where I know everything shifted in me, and it was the moment I read that quote. Because I thought, A. That's everything I know about vulnerability. It's not winning, it's not losing, it's showing up and being seen. B. That's who I want to be.
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We're a nation of exhausted and over-stressed adults raising over-scheduled children.
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We cannot ignore our pain and feel compassion for it at the same time.
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Connection, the ability to feel connected, is neurobiologically wired, that’s why we’re here!
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Cool is the emotional straightjacket. It makes us less available for connection which makes us less equipped for leadership roles.
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Empathy is the antidote to shame.
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Want to be happy? Stop trying to be perfect.
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It's a practice for me every day, sometimes every hour of every day. It is an absolute practice. When I went into the research, I really thought that there are authentic people and inauthentic people, period. What I found is, there people who practice authenticity and people who don't. The people who practice authenticity work their ass off at it.
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A good life happens when you stop and are grateful for the ordinary moments that so many of us just steamroll over to try to find those extraordinary moments.
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