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That's what life is about: about daring greatly, about being in the arena.

Brené Brown

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Brené Brown
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: November 18
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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 derives its power from being unspeakable.
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Our capacity for wholeheartednes s can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted.
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I’m not very creative” doesn’t work. There’s no such thing as creative people and non-creative people. There are only people who use their creativity and people who don’t. Unused creativity doesn’t just disappear. It lives within us until it’s expressed, neglected to death, or suffocated by resentment and fear.
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We cannot ignore our pain and feel compassion for it at the same time.
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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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If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.
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Self-compassion is key because when we're able to be gentle with ourselves in the midst of shame, we're more likely to reach out, connect, and experience empathy.
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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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Then I tell my own story. The two things that people really need to transform is language to understand their experience and to know they're not alone. It's the combination of the researcher-storyteller part.
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Through my research, I found that vulnerability is the glue that holds relationships together. It's the magic sauce.
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If you own this story you get to write the ending.
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Empathy fuels connection sympathy drives disconnection.
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When you numb your pain you also numb your joy.
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Healthy striving is self-focused: How can I improve? Perfectionism is other-focused: What will they think?
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I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude.
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Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are.
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I now see how gifts like courage, compassion, and connection only work when they are exercised. Every day.
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If you put shame in a petri dish, it needs three ingredients to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put the same amount of shame in the petri dish and douse it with empathy, it can't survive.
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Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage.
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