Honesty Pants

Quotes from Brene Brown's talk on Vulnerability on TED Talks.


Courage: it is to tell the story of who you are, with your whole heart. It takes courage to be imperfect. Wholehearted people have the compassion to be kind to themselves first, and then to others.

People who live and love wholeheartedly is a direct result of authenticity. They are willing to let go of who they thought they should be in order to be who they were.
They believed that what made them vulnerable, made them beautiful. For a wholehearted person, they believe it is necessary to be vulnerable -- there is willingness to say "I love you" first.


They were willing to invest in a relationship that may or may not work out.

You know who you are when you call your friends and say, "I think I need to see somebody, do you have any recommendations?"


I know that vulnerability is the core of shame, and fear, and our struggle for worthiness. But it appears that it is also the birthplace for joy of creativity, of belonging, and love.


Our culture numbs vulnerability, but the thing is, you cannot selectively numb emotion. You cannot say here's the bad stuff. Rather, we numb everything.
So the question becomes, why do we numb everything and how do we do it?



We make everything that is uncertain, certain. Blame is a way to discharge pain and discomfort. We are imperfect and wired for struggle – but we are also worthy of love and belonging.


We pretend that what we do doesn’t have an effect on people
It takes courage to let ourselves be seen – deeply seen, vulernability seen, love with our whole hearts, and to practice gratitude & joy.


Believe that we are enough, and reach a place were we stop screaming and start listening.