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Brené Brown
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: November 18
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You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.
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We cannot give our children what we don't have. Where we are on our journey of living and loving with our whole hearts is a much stronger indicator of parenting success than anything we can learn from how-to books.
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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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Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.
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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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The universe is not short on wake-up calls. We’re just quick to hit the snooze button.
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We can’t practice compassion with other people if we can’t treat ourselves kindly.
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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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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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We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can't use shame to change ourselves or others.
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Connection gives purpose and meaning to our lives.
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Nostalgia is also a dangerous form of comparison. Think about how often we compare our lives to a memory that nostalgia has so completely edited that it never really existed.
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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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Perfectionism is self destructive simply because there's no such thing as perfect. Perfection is an unattainable goal.
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Every single person has a story that will break your heart. And if you're paying attention, many people... have a story that will bring you to your knees. Nobody rides for free.
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Numb the dark and you numb the light.
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What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.
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If we want to fully experience love and belonging, we must believe that we are worthy of love and belonging.
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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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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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