Have you ever struggled with feeling lonely – even when you’re surrounded by people you love? I have. It’s painful and confusing.
BRENE BROWNBeing held accountable for racism and feeling shame is not the same thing as being shamed.
More Brene Brown Quotes
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Shame is a tool of oppression and dehumanization. I don’t believe shame will ever be an effective social just tool.
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We’re a nation hungry for more joy: Because we’re starving from a lack of gratitude.
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Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be imperfect.
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Talk about your failures without apologizing.
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Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed and rare.
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Social distancing doesn’t have to mean social disconnection.
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Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart.
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If you own this story you get to write the ending.
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Hope is a function of struggle.
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Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.
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Just because someone isn’t willing or able to love us, it doesn’t mean that we are unlovable.
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I am not here to be right.
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Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It’s about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.
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I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.
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Want to be happy? Stop trying to be perfect.
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Courage is listening, learning, unlearning, knowing when to lead, and knowing when to let others lead.
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Courage is like – it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.
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During a time of deep uncertainty and anxiety – when many of us have struggled to be our best selves all of the time – apologizing has never been more important.
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Gratitude. Remember they’re giving you their most precious resource: TIME!
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We all have patterned ways of dealing with anxiety that are often set up in our first families. Understanding how and why can set us free.
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If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.
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We must learn how to lean into our vulnerability, stay curious, and practice courage.
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Being held accountable for racism and feeling shame is not the same thing as being shamed.
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We need to listen to Black women.
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When we screw up or fall down, many of us talk to ourselves in ways that we would never talk to someone we love and respect.
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I’ve found what makes children happy doesn’t always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.
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