Quotes from Brene Brown

The three parts are goal, pathway, and agency. We can identify a realistic goal (I know where I want to go), and then we can figure out the pathway to get there, even if it's not a straight line and involves a Plan B and scrappiness (I know I can get there because I'm persistent and I will keep trying in the face of setbacks and disappointment). Agency is belief in our ability to stay on that path until we've arrived (I know I can do this).

Solo cuando conocemos bien nuestra propia oscuridad conseguimos estar presentes en la oscuridad de los demás. La compasión se vuelve real cuando reconocemos nuestra humanidad compartida.»

It's helpful to think of lying as a defiance of the truth and bullshitting as a wholesale dismissal of the truth.

Spirituality is the deep human longing to experience the transcendent in our ordinary life—it's the expectation to experience the extraordinary in the ordinary, the miraculous in the mundane, and the sacred camouflaged in the profane.

Às vezes, quando ousamos caminhar na arena da vida, o maior crítico que enfrentamos somos nós mesmos.

We fail the minute we let someone else define success for us

empathy is the strongest antidote for shame. It's not just about having our needs for empathy met; shame resilience requires us to be able to respond empathically to others.

In a world where perfectionism, pleasing, and proving are used as armor to protect our egos and our feelings, it takes a lot of courage to show up and be all in when we can't control the outcome. It also takes discipline and self-awareness to understand what to share and with whom. Vulnerability is not oversharing, it's sharing with people who have earned the right to hear our stories and our experiences.

Requiere mucho coraje compartir tu dolor con alguien.Y exige todavía más hacerlo dos veces, en especial si en la primera ocasión no te escucharon.

As Marcus Aurelius taught us, "What stands in the way becomes the way.

And shaming someone we love around vulnerability is the most serious of all security breaches. Even if we apologize, we've done serious damage because we've demonstrated our willingness to use sacred information as a weapon.

At Brené Brown Education and Research Group, we are called to live into the following values: Be brave. Serve the work. Take good care.

That's what anxiety feels like to me. Escalating loss of control, worst-case-scenario thinking and imagery, and total uncertainty.

There is no courage without vulnerability. Courage requires the willingness to lean into uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure.

definition of "spirituality" from The Gifts of Imperfection: Spirituality is recognizing and celebrating that we are all inextricably connected to each other by a power greater than all of us, and that our connection to that power and to one another is grounded in love and compassion.

mind the gap. Minding the gap is a daring strategy.

Be brave" is tied to the courage-building work presented in this book. Here is an example of three behaviors that support that value: I set clear boundaries with others. I lean into difficult conversations, meetings, and decisions. I talk to people, not about them.

I wondered, What if I can't keep all of these balls in the air? Why isn't everyone else working harder and living up to my expectations? What will people think if I fail or give up? When can I stop proving myself to everyone? For

Often, this requires a shift in language from "You are wrong here" to "There's something that needs to change." It is a completely different physical, cognitive, emotional, and spiritual experience when someone is on your side and helping you through the hurdle rather than pointing out your participation in the problem.

Is wisdom derived from experience more or less valuable than data produced by controlled research? What research should we allow into our professional journals and what should we reject?

Courage is acknowledging hurt without running from it and my courage is acknowledging hurt and hurting back

Because we're human and so beautifully imperfect, we get to practice using our tools on a daily basis. In this way, courage, compassion, and connection become gifts—the gifts of imperfection.

Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn't change the truth that I am brave and worthy of love and belonging. Both

Toni Morrison wrote, "Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined," and I learned that I must redefine what I believe is valuable and make sure I'm included within that definition.