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
When they teach [doctors] how to suture, they also teach them how to stitch their self-worth to being all-powerful.
I became Vulnerability TED, like an action figure - like Ninja Barbie, but I'm Vulnerability TED.
The opposite of play is not work—the opposite of play is depression.
You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.
The two most powerful words when we're in struggle: me too.
Connection gives purpose and meaning to our lives.
We are the most in-debt, obese, addicted and medicated adult cohort in U.S. history.
Vulnerability pushed, I pushed back. I lost the fight, but probably won my life back.
Even to me the issue of "stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest" sounds like an outdated problem, but the truth is that women still run into those demands whenever we find and use our voices.
Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.
If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.
You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.
Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.
When we numb [hard feelings], we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness.