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We don't have to be perfect, just engaged and committed to aligning values with actions.

Brené Brown

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Brené Brown
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: November 18
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Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.
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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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Vulnerability pushed, I pushed back. I lost the fight, but probably won my life back.
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What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.
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Hope is not an emotion it's a way of thinking or a cognitive process.
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