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We judge people in areas where we're vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing worse than we're doing.

~Brene Brown

Topics: Area Doing Folks Judge People Picking Shame Than Vulnerable Where Who Worse

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I was raised in a family where vulnerability was barely tolerated: no training wheels on our bicycles, no goggles in the pool, just get it done. And so I grew up not only with discomfort about my own vulnerability, I didn't care for it in other people either.

~Brene Brown

Topics: About Barely Care Discomfort Done Either Family Get Grew Just My Own Only Other Our Own People Pool Raised Tolerated Training Up Vulnerability Wheels Where I Was Raised

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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.

~Brene Brown

Topics: About Anyone Cancer Child Dinner Dinner Table Fears Follow Go Home Houston Live Lives London Mother Same School Sit Struggling Table Talk Them Think Watching Whether Who You I Think

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I love to take, process and share photos - it fills me up.

~Brene Brown

Topics: Fills Love Me Photos Process Share Take Up I Love

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We use work to numb out. We can't turn off our machines because we're afraid we're going to miss something.

~Brene Brown

Topics: Afraid Because Going Machines Miss Numb Off Our Out Something Turn Use Work

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As unique as we all are, an awful lot of us want the same things. We want to shake up our current less-than-fulfilling lives. We want to be happier, more loving, forgiving and connected with the people around us.

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Topics: Around Awful Awful Lot Connected Current Forgiving Happier Lives Lot Loving More Our People Same Same Things Shake Things Unique Up Us Want

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I've learned a lot since I was a new mother. My approach to struggle and shame now is to talk to yourself like you'd talk to someone you love and reach out to tell your story.

~Brene Brown

Topics: Approach Learned Like Lot Love Mother New Now Out Reach Shame Since Someone Story Struggle Talk Tell You Your Yourself

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Normally, when someone we love is turning away from a struggle, we self-protect by also turning away. That's definitely my first response. I think change is more likely to happen if both partners have common language and a shared lens to see problems.

~Brene Brown

Topics: Also Away Both Change Common Definitely First Happen Language Lens Likely Love Love Is More Normally Partners Problems Response See Shared Someone Struggle Think Turning I Think

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Kids who have an understanding of how and why their feelings are what they are are much more likely to talk to us about what's happening, and they have better skills to work it out.

~Brene Brown

Topics: About Better Feelings Happening How Kids Likely More Much Out Skills Talk Understanding Us Who Why Work

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: November 18th, 1965

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