Rising Strong: The inspiring bestseller to help you create a life you love, from the author of Dare to Lead and The Gifts of Imperfection

by Brené Brown

wholehearted living as engaging in our lives from a place of worthiness. It means cultivating the courage, compassion, and connection to wake up in the morning and think, No matter what gets done and how much is left undone, I am enough. It’s going to bed at night thinking, Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn’t change the truth that I am brave and worthy of love and belonging.

Remember

Our “facedown” moments can be big ones like getting fired or finding out about an affair, or they can be small ones like learning a child has lied

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For those of us who prefer to cordon ourselves off from the world and heal alone, the requirement for connection—of asking for and receiving help—becomes the challenge.

“Knowledge is only a rumor until it lives in the muscle.”

What we understand and learn about rising strong is only rumor until we live it and integrate it through some form of creativity so that it becomes part of us.

Practicing spirituality brings a sense of perspective, meaning, and purpose to our lives.