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I think a lot of us are looking for the same thing.

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Brené Brown
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: November 18
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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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Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you've got all the answers, then don't call what you do 'faith.'
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Unused creativity is not benign.
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How can we embrace rest and play if we've tied our self-worth to what we produce?
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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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Our capacity for wholeheartednes s can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted.
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Even to me the issue of stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest sounds like an outdated problem, but the truth is that women still run into those demands whenever we find and use our voices.
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The question isn't so much Are you parenting the right way? as it is: Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?
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Shame works like the zoom lens on a camera. When we are feeling shame, the camera is zoomed in tight and all we see is our flawed selves, alone and struggling.(page 68)
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If we want to live and love with our whole hearts, and if we want to engage with the world from a place of worthiness, we have to talk about the things that get in the way- especially shame, fear and vulnerability
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Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.
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I'm just so grateful, because to feel this vulnerable means I'm alive.
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There's no evidence that vulnerabilty is weakness.
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