Brene Brown

Knowledge is important, but only if we’re being kind and gentle with ourselves as we work to discover who we are.

Brené Brown

Laughter, song, and dance create emotional and spiritual connection; they remind us of the one thing that truly matters when we are searching for comfort, celebration, inspiration, or healing: We are not alone.

Brené Brown

Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead.

Brené Brown

Many of us will spend our entire lives trying to slog through the shame swampland to get to a place where we can give ourselves permission to both be imperfect and to believe we are enough.

Brené Brown

Maybe stories are just data with a soul.

Brené Brown

Men know what women really want. They want us to pretend to be vulnerable. We get really good at pretending.

Brené Brown

Music always makes me feel less alone in the mess.

Brené Brown

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

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.

Brené Brown

Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it’s a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands.

Brené Brown