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“It’s always helpful to remember that when perfectionism is driving, shame is riding shotgun.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“Of all the things trauma takes away from us, the worst is our willingness, or even our ability, to be vulnerable. There's a reclaiming that has to happen.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution

“Choosing to be curious is choosing to be vulnerable because it requires us to surrender to uncertainty.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“When we own our stories, we avoid being trapped as characters in stories someone else is telling.”
― Brené Brown, 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

“When we deny our stories and disengage from tough emotions, they don’t go away; instead, they own us, they define us.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“A study published in the October 22, 2014, issue of the journal Neuron suggests that the brain’s chemistry changes when we become curious, helping us better learn and retain information. But curiosity is uncomfortable because it involves uncertainty and vulnerability.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“In the absence of data, we will always make up stories. In fact, the need to make up a story, especially when we are hurt, is part of our most primitive survival wiring. Mean making is in our biology, and our default is often to come up with a story that makes sense, feels familiar, and offers us insight into how best to self-protect.”
― Brene Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution

“I'm slowing learning how to straddles the tension that comes with understanding I am tough and tender, brave and afraid, strong and struggling-all of these things, all of he time. I'm working on letting go of having to be one or the other and embracing the wholeness of wholeheartedness.”
― Brene Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution

“Because we are compelled to make stories, we are often compelled to take incomplete stories and run with them.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.

“When we stop caring what people think, we lose our capacity for connection. But when we are defined by what people think, we lose the courage to be vulnerable.”
― Brené Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.