Brené Brown Quotes - Page 2

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• People may call what happens at midlife 'a crisis,' but it's not. It's an unraveling - a time when you feel a desperate pull to live the life you want to live, not the one you're 'supposed' to live. The unraveling is a time when you are challenged by the universe to let go of who you think you are supposed to be and to embrace who you are.

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  Motivational, Letting Go, Live Life

  Brené Brown (2010). “The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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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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  Real, Self, Choices

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

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• Healthy striving is self-focused: "How can I improve?" Perfectionism is other-focused: "What will they think?"

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  Thinking, Self, Healthy

  "The Gifts of Imperfection". Book by Brené Brown, 2010.

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• The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time.

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  Littles, Daring Greatly, Shows

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.43, Penguin

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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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  Courage, Parenting, Empathy

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.39, Penguin

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• I believe in the healing power of laughter. I believe laughter forces us to breathe.

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  Laughter, Believe, Healing

  Interview with Chantal Pierrat, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• At the end of my life I want to be able to say I contributed more than I criticized.

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  Want, Able, Ends

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• There is no joy without gratitude.

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  Gratitude, Joy

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• What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.

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  Beautiful, Vulnerable, Vulnerability

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• You can't get to courage without walking through vulnerability.

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  Walking, Vulnerability

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• If we own the story then we can write the ending.

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  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.

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  Empathy, Understanding, Stories

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.68, Penguin

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• Wholehearted living is about engaging in our lives from a place of
  worthiness. It means cultivating the courage, compassion, and connection
  to wake up in the morning and think, No matter what gets done and
  how much is left undone, I am enough. It’s going to bed at night thinking,
  Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn’t
  change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.

  Brené Brown

  Motivational, Morning, Mean

  Brené Brown (2010). “The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

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• Want to be happy? Stop trying to be perfect.

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  Perfect, Trying, Want

  "Want to be happy? Stop trying to be perfect" By Brené Brown, www.cnn.com.

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• The question isn't so much "Are you parenting the right way?" as it is: "Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?"

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  Children, Growing Up, Way

  "Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead". Book by Brené Brown, January 17, 2013.

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• Empathy doesn't require that we have the exact same experiences as the person sharing their story with us...Empathy is connecting with the emotion that someone is experiencing, not the event or the circumstance.

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  Empathy, Events, Stories

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• What separates privilege from entitlement is gratitude.

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  Gratitude, Thankfulness, Privilege

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• Every single person has a story that will break your heart. And if you're paying attention, many people... have a story that will bring you to your knees. Nobody rides for free.

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  Heart, People, Attention

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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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  Inspiring, Letting Go, Business

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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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  Positive, Abnormal Psychology, Emotion

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

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• If you're not in the arena also getting your ass kicked, I'm not interested in your feedback.

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  Arena, Ass, Feedback

  Brené Brown (2015). “Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.4, Spiegel & Grau

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• One of the greatest barriers to connection is the cultural importance we place on "going it alone." Somehow we've come to equate success with not needing anyone. Many of us are willing to extend a helping hand, but we're very reluctant to reach out for help when we need it ourselves. It's as if we've divided the world into "those who offer help" and "those who need help." The truth is that we are both.

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  Hands, Connections, Needs

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

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• Loving and accepting ourselves are the ultimate acts of courage.

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  Accepting, Acts Of Courage, Ultimate

  Brené Brown (2010). “The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are”, p.43, Simon and Schuster

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• Courage is a heart word. The root of the word courage is cor - the Latin word for heart. In one of its earliest forms, the word courage meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart." Over time, this definition has changed, and today, we typically associate courage with heroic and brave deeds. But in my opinion, this definition fails to recognize the inner strength and level of commitment required for us to actually speak honestly and openly about who we are and about our experiences -- good and bad. Speaking from our hearts is what I think of as "ordinary courage.

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  Latin, Commitment, Heart

  "I thought it was just me". Book by Brené Brown, February 2007.

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• A good life happens when you stop and are grateful for the ordinary moments that so many of us just steamroll over to try to find those extraordinary moments.

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  Gratitude, Good Life, Grateful

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