Brene Brown Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“As a shame researcher, I know that the very best thing to do in the midst of a shame attack is totally counterintuitive: Practice courage and reach out!”

“You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.”

“For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It's enough. I'm enough. My kids are enough.”

“In my research, I've interviewed a lot of people who never fit in, who are what you might call 'different': scientists, artists, thinkers. And if you drop down deep into their work and who they are, there is a tremendous amount of self-acceptance.”

“I can encourage my daughter to love her body, but what really matters are the observations she makes about my relationship with my own body.”

“We use work to numb out. We can't turn off our machines because we're afraid we're going to miss something.”

“Kids who have an understanding of how and why their feelings are what they are are much more likely to talk to us about what's happening, and they have better skills to work it out.”

“I was raised in a family where vulnerability was barely tolerated: no training wheels on our bicycles, no goggles in the pool, just get it done. And so I grew up not only with discomfort about my own vulnerability, I didn't care for it in other people either.”

“One thing that I tell people all the time is, 'I'm not going to answer a call from you after nine o'clock at night or before nine o'clock in the morning unless it's an emergency.'”

“I've learned a lot since I was a new mother. My approach to struggle and shame now is to talk to yourself like you'd talk to someone you love and reach out to tell your story.”