Quotes from Brene Brown

So, what does a gratitude practice look like? The folks I interviewed talked about keeping gratitude journals, doing daily gratitude meditations or prayers, creating gratitude art, and even stopping during their stressful, busy days to actually say these words out loud: "I am grateful for …

When we choose growth over perfecton, we immediately increase our shame resilience. Improvement is a far more realistic goal than perfection. Merely letting go of unattainable goals makes us less susceptible to shame.

In order to feel a true sense of belonging, I need to bring the real me to the table and I can only do that if I'm practicing self-love.

TGIF. I turned this quote into a small badge, and part of my gratitude practice is a weekly post about what I'm Trusting, what I'm Grateful for, what Inspires me, and how I'm practicing my Faith.

Hope is learned!

the goal is not "getting comfortable with hard conversations" but normalizing discomfort. If leaders expect real learning, critical thinking, and change, then discomfort should be normalized: "We believe growth and learning are uncomfortable so it's going to happen here—you're going to feel that way. We want you to know that it's normal and it's an expectation here. You're not alone and we ask that you stay open and lean into it.

some of us move away by withdrawing, hiding, silencing ourselves, and keeping secrets. Some of us move toward by seeking to appease and please. And some of us move against by trying to gain power over others, by being aggressive, and by using shame to fight shame (like sending really mean e-mails).

As Carl Jung said, "I am not what has happened to me. I am what I choose to become.

Practicing courage, compassion, and connection in our daily lives is how we cultivate worthiness. The key word is practice.

I think our first response to pain—ours or someone else's—is to self-protect. We protect ourselves by looking for someone or something to blame. Or sometimes we shield ourselves by turning to judgment or by immediately going into fix-it mode.

How did I get here from there? How do I get there from here?

Research on emotion shows that positive emotions wear off quickly.

When we develop and practice empathy, courage and compassion, we move from disconnection to connection. This creates the liberation we need to enjoy the things we value rather than be imprisoned by what others expect.

When we are honest about our struggles, we are much less likely to get stuck in shame. This is critical because shame diminishes our capacity to practice empathy.

But gratitude makes us appreciate the value of something, and when we appreciate the value of something, we extract more benefits from it; we're less likely to take it for granted.

I'd rather not be joyful than have to wait for the other shoe to drop.

She could never go back and make some of the details pretty. All she could do was move forward and make the whole beautiful. —TERRI ST. CLOUD, WWW.BONESIGHARTS.COM1

We have to resist following them into the wilderness and trying to make it safer and more civilized. Every cell in our body will want to protect them from the hurt that comes with standing alone. But denying our children the opportunity to gain wisdom directly from the trees and dance in the moonlight with the other high lonesome renegades and limping outlaws is about our own fear and comfort. Their hearts need to know the wild too.

The root of the word courage is cor—the Latin word for heart. In one of its earliest forms, the word courage had a very different definition than it does today. Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart.

With awareness about how dehumanization works comes the responsibility to call out dangerous language when we recognize it.

A jornada da vulnerabilidade não foi feita para se percorrer sozinho. Nós precisamos de apoio. Precisamos de pessoas que nos ajudem na tentativa de trilhar novas maneiras de ser e não nos julguem. Precisamos de uma mão para nos levantar quando cairmos (e se você se entregar a uma vida corajosa, levará alguns tombos).

Tienes que ser valiente en tu vida para que otros puedan ser valientes en la suya»

The special courage it takes to experience true belonging is not just about braving the wilderness, it's about becoming the wilderness. It's about breaking down the walls, abandoning our ideological bunkers, and living from our wild heart rather than our weary hurt.

Connection is the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgement; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.