Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.
Brene BrownRead
We're hardwired for connection. There's no arguing with the bioscience. But we can want it so badly we're trying to hot-wire it.
Interpretation
Humans have an innate desire to connect with others, but this craving can lead us to force connections in unhealthy ways.
This quote by Brene Brown emphasizes the fundamental human need for connection and belonging, which is supported by biological evidence. However, in our eagerness to establish these relationships, we sometimes resort to manipulative or desperate strategies to create bonds, which might not lead to genuine connections.
In practice
In a workshop on building effective teams, this quote can illustrate the necessity of authentic connections.
Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.
I think our capacity for wholeheartedness can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted. It means engaging with the world from a place of vulnerability and worthiness.
Men walk this tightrope where any sign of weakness illicits shame, and so they're afraid to make themselves vulnerable for fear of looking weak.
I hesitate to use a pathologizing label, but underneath the so-called narcissistic personality is definitely shame and the paralyzing fear of being ordinary.
I'm not a parenting expert. In fact, I'm not sure that I even believe in the idea of 'parenting experts.' I'm an engaged, imperfect parent and a passionate researcher. I'm an experienced mapmaker and a stumbling traveler. Like many of you, parenting is by far my boldest and most daring adventure.
I've learned that men and women who are living wholehearted lives really allow themselves to soften into joy and happiness. They allow themselves to experience it.
The best minute you spend is the one you invest in people
If two lives join, there is oft a scar. They are one and one, with a shadowy third; One near one is too far.
Dammit Sir, it's your duty to get married. You can't always be living for pleasure!
We shall be judged more by what we do at home than what we preach abroad.
Too often, when Muslim women speak out, some in our 'community' accuse us of 'making our men look bad' and of giving ammunition to right-wing Islamophobes.
Iβll wait for you. Come back. The words were not meaningless, but they didnβt touch him now. It was clear enough - one person waiting for another was like an arithmetical sum, and just as empty of emotion. Waiting. Simply one person doing nothing, over time, while another approached. Waiting was a heavy word.
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