Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in.
BRENE BROWNStaying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.
More Brene Brown Quotes
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Perfectionism 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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Fear and anxiety can drive us to become very self-focused.
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Gratitude. Remember they’re giving you their most precious resource: TIME!
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Talk about your failures without apologizing.
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What 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.
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Courage is listening, learning, unlearning, knowing when to lead, and knowing when to let others lead.
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We don’t have to do all of it alone. We were never meant to.
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Learning is hard. Unlearning is harder. Pretending that most of us don’t need to do either when it comes to racism is its own form of violence.
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Being held accountable for racism and feeling shame is not the same thing as being shamed.
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What we know matters but who we are matters more.
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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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Generosity. Bring all you have. It’s ok to be brave and afraid at the same time.
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Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.
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Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.
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The systen is not broken. It was built this way.
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Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy – the experiences that make us the most vulnerable.
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We either stay sick together or we get well together.
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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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Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.
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Maybe stories are just data with a soul.
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Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.
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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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We can’t give up on vulnerability. It’s the path back to ourselves and each other.
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Hope is a function of struggle.
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Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.
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