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Brené Brown
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: November 18
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Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy.
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The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time.
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But I don't think it's as dangerous, scary, or terrifying as getting to the end of our lives and wondering, what if I would have shown up?
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You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.
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I'm an academic. I'm hardwired for a good debate.
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Let go of who you think you should be in order to be who you are. Be imperfect and have compassion for yourself. Connection is the result of authenticity.
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Vulnerability pushed, I pushed back. I lost the fight, but probably won my life back.
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If we don’t allow ourselves to experience joy and love, we will definitely miss out on filling our reservoir with what we need when. . . . hard things happen.
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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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'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 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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Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.
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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.
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I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity, to name a few.
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We teach what we have to learn. It's been an extraordinary journey that I couldn't have done with not only the research participants but the community, the tribe that we've built of people who are also on this journey.
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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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Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage.
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Hope is a function of struggle.
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Do you light up when your kids are coming in the room or do you become the instant critic?
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