Brené Brown
US writer and professor · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1965 · age 60
Casandra Brené Brown is an American academic, author and podcaster.
Brené Brown is read about 663 times a day, in 20 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
2021“Science is not the truth. Science is finding the truth. When science changes its opinion, it didn’t lie to you. It learned more.”In their wordsAtlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience (2021)“The near enemy of love is attachment...True love allows, honors, and appreciates; attachment grasps, demands, needs, and aims to possess.”In their wordsAtlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience (2021)“I’ve learned that power is not bad, but the abuse of power or using power over others is the opposite of courage; it’s a desperate attempt to maintain a very fragile ego.”In their wordsAtlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience (2021)“Vulnerability is not weakness; it's our greatest measure of courage.”In their wordsAtlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience (2021)“When we’re faced with information that challenges what we believe, our first instinct is to make the discomfort, irritation, and vulnerability go away by resolving the dissonance.”In their wordsAtlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience (2021)“We have to belong to ourselves as much as we need to belong to others. Any belonging that asks us to betray ourselves is not true belonging.”In their wordsAtlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience (2021)1965Born18 November 1965
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Avoidance will make you feel less vulnerable in the short run, but it will never make you less afraid.
People will do almost anything to not feel pain, including causing pain and abusing power
Worrying and anxiety go together, but worry is not an emotion; it’s the thinking part of anxiety.
About this person
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United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1965 · age 60
