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Brené Brown
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: November 18
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Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both it’s engaging. It’s being all in.
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Hope is really a thought.
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Vulnerability is the cornerstone of confidence.
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I'm just so grateful, because to feel this vulnerable means I'm alive.
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Most people believe vulnerability is weakness. But really vulnerability is Courage. We must ask ourselves...are we willing to show up and be seen.
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Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.
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Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage.
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Nothing is as uncomfortable, dangerous and hurtful as believing that I'm standing on the outside of my life looking in and wondering what it would be like if I had the courage to show up and let myself be seen.
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If you can't say it to me in front of my kids, don't say it.
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Hope is a function of struggle.
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The universe is not short on wake-up calls. We’re just quick to hit the snooze button.
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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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[I] never talk about gratitude and joy separately, for this reason. In 12 years, I've never interviewed a single person who would describe their lives as joyful, who would describe themselves as joyous, who was not actively practicing gratitude.
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It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance.
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Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.
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Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.
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