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Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it's having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome.
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Brené Brown
American research professor at the University of Houston who studies shame, vulnerability, and courage. Her 2010 TED talk on vulnerability has hundreds of millions of views.
10 quotes
You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.
Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as hard as spending our lives running from it.
Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.
Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.
What we don't need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human.
Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.
Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage.
Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we're all in this together.
We cannot selectively numb emotions. When we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.