Brené Brown Quotes - Page 8

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• If there's a feeling you have, other people have it. If there's something weird about your life, other people have lived it. If there's something kooky about your body, other people have that, too. We're not alone. There's some kind of tremendous relief in that and I think it can only be expressed in belly laughter. This tremendous relief that happens the millisecond we realize, it's not just me. That's what good laughter is about. It's about knowing that you're not alone.

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  Laughter, Thinking, Knowing

  Interview with Chantal Pierrat, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I think laughter between people is a holy form of connection, of communion. It's the way you and I look at each other and without words, say, I get exactly what you're saying. And so, it's important to me.

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  Laughter, Thinking, People

  Interview with Chantal Pierrat, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• If we share our shame story with the wrong person, they can easily become one more piece of flying debris in an already dangerous storm.(page 10)

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  Flying, Storm, Stories

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• Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.

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  Shame, Gremlins, Daring Greatly

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.62, Penguin

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• Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.

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  Meaningful, Spiritual, Creativity

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.37, Penguin

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• Spirituality emerged as a fundamental guidepost in Wholeheartedness. Not religiosity but the deeply held belief that we are inextricably connected to one another by a force greater than ourselves--a force grounded in love and compassion. For some of us that's God, for others it's nature, art, or even human soulfulness. I believe that owning our worthiness is the act of acknowledging that we are sacred. Perhaps embracing vulnerability and overcoming numbing is ultimately about the care and feeding of our spirits.

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  Art, Believe, Compassion

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• You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.

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  Motivation, Inspiration, Race

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• Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.

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  Believe, Shame, Capable

  Twitter post from Mar 20, 2013

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• Hope is a function of struggle.

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  Struggle, Function

  Brené Brown (2013). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.143, Penguin UK

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• We can talk about courage and love and compassion until we sound like a greeting card store, but unless we're willing to have an honest conversation about what gets in the way of putting these into practice in our daily lives, we will never change. Never, ever.

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  Love, Compassion, Practice

  "The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are". Book by Brené Brown, August 27, 2010.

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• Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.

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  Acceptance, Self, World

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.122, Penguin

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• The universe is not short on wake-up calls. We’re just quick to hit the snooze button.

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  People, Deep Thought, Buttons

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• On the flip side, I've also had to struggle with saying "yes." Before I did this research and before I had my own breakdown and spiritual awakening around this work, my motto was, "Don't do anything that you're already not great at doing." Which I think is the way the majority of adults in our culture live. Authenticity is also about the courage and the vulnerability to say, "Yeah, I'll try it. I feel pretty uncomfortable and I feel a little vulnerable, but I'll try it!"

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  Spiritual, Struggle, Thinking

  Interview with Chantal Pierrat, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I think a lot of us are multiple things that don't always fit together neatly in a bio box.

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  Thinking, Together, Fit

  Interview with Chantal Pierrat, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Most people believe vulnerability is weakness. But really vulnerability is Courage. We must ask ourselves...are we willing to show up and be seen.

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  Believe, People, Weakness

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• Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It's tough to do that when we're terrified about what people might see or think.

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  Thinking, People, Might

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• If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally. Take it personally because it is personal!

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  Differences, Making A Difference, Want

  "I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Making the Journey from 'What Will People Think?' to 'I Am Enough'". Book by Brené Brown, February 2007.

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• If we don’t allow ourselves to experience joy and love, we will definitely miss out on filling our reservoir with what we need when. . . . hard things happen.

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  Joy, Missing, Challenges

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• Men walk this tightrope where any sign of weakness illicits shame, and so they're afraid to make themselves vulnerable for fear of looking weak.

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  Men, Weakness, Vulnerable

  "Listen in on the Conversation About Taking the Amour Off and Getting Naked". Interview with Rebecca Clare, goodmenproject.com. July 01, 2015.

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• The laughter that happens when people are truth-telling and showing up and being real - I call that "knowing laughter." That's what happens between people when we recognize the absurdity of the belief that we're alone in anything.

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  Laughter, Real, Knowing

  Interview with Chantal Pierrat, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• One of the things I talk a lot about in my work that I try to practice - which is really hard - is in those moments where we're being asked to do things or asked to take over or asked to take care of something, we have to have the courage to choose discomfort over resentment. And to me, a huge part of my authenticity practice has been choosing discomfort and saying no.

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  Practice, Trying, Saying No

  "Brené Brown On Why Courage, Vulnerability And Authenticity Have To Be Practiced". Interview with Chantal Pierrat, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 25, 2013.

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• Worrying about scarcity is our culture's version of post-traumatic stress. It happens when we've been through too much, and rather than coming together to heal (which requires vulnerability) we're angry and scared and at each other's throats.

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  Fear, Stress, Worry

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.32, Penguin

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• We are the most in-debt, obese, addicted and medicated adult cohort in U.S. history.

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  Motivation, Inspiration, Adults

  "The power of vulnerability". TED Talks, www.ted.com. June 2010.

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• Connection is why we're here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives. The power that connection holds in our lives was confirmed when the main concern about connection emerged as the fear of disconnection; the fear that something we have done or failed to do, something about who we are or where we come from, has made us unlovable and unworthy of connection.

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  Giving, Connections, Where We Come

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• Our capacity for wholeheartednes s can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted.

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  Broken, Capacity, Wholeheartedness

  "The Courage to Be Vulnerable". Interview with Krista Tippett, onbeing.org. January 29, 2015.

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