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We're a nation of exhausted and over-stressed adults raising over-scheduled children. (Brené Brown)
If we don't allow ourselves to experience joy and love, we will definitely miss out on filling our reservoir with what we need when. . . . hard things happen. View quote
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Hope is a function of struggle. View quote
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Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage. View quote
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Even to me the issue of "stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest" sounds like an outdated problem, but the truth is that women still run into those demands whenever we find and use our voices. View quote
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Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. View quote
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If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally. Take it personally because it is personal! View quote
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Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it's understanding the necessity of both; it's engaging. It's being all in. View quote
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Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart. View quote
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I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: love, belonging, trust, joy, and creativity, to name a few. View quote
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Courage is like-it's a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It's like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging. (Brené Brown)
Wholeheartedness. There are many tenets of Wholeheartedness, but at its very core is vulnerability and worthiness; facing uncertainty, exposure, and emotional risks, and knowing that I am enough. View quote
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Ads sell a great deal more than products. They sell values, images, and concepts of success and worth. View quote
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We cannot ignore our pain and feel compassion for it at the same time. View quote
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It's in our biology to trust what we see with our eyes. This makes living in a carefully edited, overproduced and photoshopped world very dangerous. View quote
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If we can't stand up to the never good enough and who do you think you are? we can't move forward. View quote
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Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you've got all the answers, then don't call what you do 'faith.' View quote
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Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be? View quote
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Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we'll ever do. View quote
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I only share when I have no unmet needs that I'm trying to fill. I firmly believe that being vulnerable with a larger audience is only a good idea if the healing is tied to the sharing, not to the expectations I might have for the response I get. View quote
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Worrying about scarcity is our culture's version of post-traumatic stress. It happens when we've been through too much, and rather than coming together to heal (which requires vulnerability) we're angry and scared and at each other's throats. (Brené Brown)
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. View quote
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Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. View quote
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Hope is not an emotion; it's a way of thinking or a cognitive process. View quote
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Living a connected life ultimately is about setting boundaries, spending less time and energy hustling and winning over people who don't matter, and seeing the value of working on cultivating connection with family and close friends. View quote
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