A Life Demands Your True Self
We need the courage to live an authentic life, even if others don't like it. Approval is not the same as love.
Brené Brown
Researcher of vulnerability and shame.
All moments: Brené Brown
- Vulnerability Is a Choice, Not Weakness — Brené Brown
Vulnerability is not weakness. It's the foundation of courage, creativity, change. Weakness is closing yourself off.
- Wholeness Is Born From Honesty — Brené Brown
Wholehearted living is when you are honest about your feelings, your needs, your choices.
- Courage Is Born From a Broken Heart — Brené Brown
I've learned that courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is what you do when you're afraid.
- Shame Thrives in Silence — Brené Brown
Shame thrives in silence. When we speak it, when we share it with people we love and trust, shame loses its power over us.
- Shame is Witchcraft — Brené Brown
Shame is the painful feeling that we're not good enough. Vulnerability is the courage to be ourselves despite the risk of rejection.
- The Courage to Be Vulnerable — Brené Brown
Vulnerability is the birthplace of joy, of creativity, of belonging, of love.
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