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
I think if you follow anyone home, whether they live in Houston or London, and you sit at their dinner table and talk to them about their mother who has cancer or their child who is struggling in school, and their fears about watching their lives go by, I think we're all the same.
We can only belong when we offer our most authentic selves and when we're embraced for who we are.
When you ask people about love, they tell you about heartbreak.
Faith minus vulnerability is fundamentalism
It's not about 'what can I accomplish?' but 'what do I want to accomplish?' Paradigm shift.
I believe that owning our worthiness is the act of acknowledging that we are sacred. Perhaps embracing vulnerability and overcoming numbing is ultimately about the care and feeding of our spirits
Guilt says: I made a mistake. Shame says: I AM a mistake.
When we're looking for compassion, we need someone who is deeply rooted, is able to bend and, most of all, embraces us for our strengths and struggles.
To me, constructive criticism is when people take ownership of their ideas. That's why I don't listen to anything that's anonymous. But it's hard; when there's something hurtful out there, I still want to read it over and over and memorize it and explain my point of view to the person.
We use work to numb out. We can't turn off our machines because we're afraid we're going to miss something.
Anonymous comments? You're not in the arena, man. If you can't say it to me in person in front of my kids, don't say it.
The uncertainty of parenting can bring up feelings in us that range from frustration to terror.
I'm like a recovering perfectionist. For me it's one day at a time.
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!