We need to listen to Black women.
BRENE BROWNWe need to listen to Black women.
BRENE BROWNIf you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.
BRENE BROWNOur choices affect everyone around us. There is no such thing as “individual risk” or “individual wellness.
BRENE BROWNBe you and serve up some belonging wherever you are.
BRENE BROWNAlways straddling the tension and trying not to tap out.
BRENE BROWNShame, 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.
BRENE BROWNConnect. It’s all about collective connection. Look into their eyes.
BRENE BROWNVulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in.
BRENE BROWNAuthenticity 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.
BRENE BROWNWe 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.
BRENE BROWNWhen 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.
BRENE BROWNWhen we free ourselves, we automatically free everyone around us.
BRENE BROWNCourage 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.
BRENE BROWNGratitude. Remember they’re giving you their most precious resource: TIME!
BRENE BROWNCourageous leadership is a practice.
BRENE BROWNWhat is true and beautiful for us is always ultimately what is true and beautiful for our people because there is no such thing as one way liberation.
BRENE BROWN