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

Brené Brown

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Brené Brown
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: November 18
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Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous... I define vulnerability as emotional risk, exposure, uncertainty. It fuels our daily lives.
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At the end of my life I want to be able to say I contributed more than I criticized.
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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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Trust is a product of vulnerability that grows over time and requires work, attention, and full engagement.
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Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement it's about earning approval and acceptance.
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One of the most painfully inauthentic ways we show up in our lives sometimes is saying yes when we mean no, and saying no when we mean hell yes.
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I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued when they can give and receive without judgment and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.
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There’s nothing more daring than showing up, putting ourselves out there and letting ourselves be seen.
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When we numb [hard feelings], we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness.
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Don't do anything that you're already not great at doing.
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When you ask people about love, they tell you about heartbreak.
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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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Vulnerability is not about fear and grief and disappointment it is the birthplace of everything we're hungry for.
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We need to change what we say and what we allow to be said in front of us.
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Perfect and bulletproof are seductive, but they don’t exist in the human experience.
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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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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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Courage is telling our story, not being immune to criticism.
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