If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.
BRENE BROWNCruelty is easy, cheap and rampant.
More Brene Brown Quotes
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What we don’t need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human.
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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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Being held accountable for racism and feeling shame is not the same thing as being shamed.
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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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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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Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.
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Courage is listening, learning, unlearning, knowing when to lead, and knowing when to let others lead.
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Want to be happy? Stop trying to be perfect.
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When I look at narcissism through the vulnerability lens, I see the shame-based fear of being ordinary. I see the fear of never feeling extraordinary enough to be noticed, to be lovable, to belong, or to cultivate a sense of purpose.
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We must be committed to getting back up and beginning again the exact same number of times that we fall, trip, or get pushed down.
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You can’t spell wholehearted without A.R.T.
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Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them.
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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 must learn how to lean into our vulnerability, stay curious, and practice courage.
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Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be imperfect.
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