Brene Brown
Brene Brown
Brené Brownis an American scholar, author, and public speaker, who is currently a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. Over the last twelve years she has been involved in research on a range of topics, including vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. She is the author of two #1 New York Times Bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfectionand Daring Greatly. She and her work have been featured on PBS, NPR, TED, and CNN...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth18 November 1965
CountryUnited States of America
Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous... I define vulnerability as emotional risk, exposure, uncertainty. It fuels our daily lives.
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.
Let go of who you think you're supposed to be and embrace who you are.
Every time we choose courage, we make everyone around us a little better and the world a little braver. And our world could stand to be a little kinder and braver.
If you're not in the arena also getting your ass kicked, I'm not interested in your feedback.
We cannot give our children what we don't have. Where we are on our journey of living and loving with our whole hearts is a much stronger indicator of parenting success than anything we can learn from how-to books.
It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance.
I believe joy is a spiritual practice.
Dare to be the adults we want our children to be.
Vulnerability is the absolute heartbeat of innovation and creativity. There can be zero innovation without vulnerability.
We are so busy that the truth about our lives can't catch up.
What we know matters, but who we are matters more. Being rather than knowing requires showing up and letting ourselves be seen. It requires us to dare greatly, to be vulnerable.
There are infinite numbers of do overs for your teen girls.
We can have courage or we can have comfort, but we cannot have both.