We don’t need to do awkward, brave, and kind alone. We were never meant to.
BRENE BROWNPerfectionism is a self destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly, I can avoid or minimize the painful feelings of shame, judgment, and blame.
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The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It’s our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows.
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Maybe stories are just data with a soul.
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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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You can’t spell wholehearted without A.R.T.
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Faith is a place of mystery, where we find the courage to believe in what we cannot see and the strength to let go of our fear of uncertainty.
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If you own this story you get to write the ending.
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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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What we don’t need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human.
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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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The systen is not broken. It was built this way.
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Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be imperfect.
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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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To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly.
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We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.
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Fear and anxiety can drive us to become very self-focused.
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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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Just because someone isn’t willing or able to love us, it doesn’t mean that we are unlovable.
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Daring Leaders are never silent about hard things.
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Courageous leadership is a practice.
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We need to listen to Black women.
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Even in our deepest struggles, love, faith and beauty find a way.
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Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.
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Our ability to live a life of love and meaning, to make the world a braver and kinder place.
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Talk about your failures without apologizing.
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We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness and affection.
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Nostalgia is also a dangerous form of comparison. Think about how often we compare our lives to a memory that nostalgia has so completely edited that it never really existed.
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