When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. This is why we sometimes attack who they are, which is far more hurtful than addressing a behavior or a choice.
Bren BrownRead
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.
Interpretation
Worrying about not having enough can lead to fear and anger instead of healing through vulnerability.
Brené Brown's quote highlights the impact of scarcity mindset on individuals and society. It suggests that when people have faced hardships, instead of uniting to heal through openness and vulnerability, they often become defensive, fearful, and hostile toward one another. This reaction can create a culture of division rather than a community built on support and understanding.
In practice
This quote can be used during a mental health workshop to discuss the importance of vulnerability.
When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. This is why we sometimes attack who they are, which is far more hurtful than addressing a behavior or a choice.
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What we know matters but who we are matters more.
Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are.
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Everyone knows nowadays that people 'have complexes'. What is not so well known, though far more important theoretically, is that complexes can have us.
The only possible recourse a baby has when his screams are ignored is to repress his distress, which is tantamount to mutilating his soul, for the result is an interference with his ability to feel, to be aware, and to remember.
Everybody, to some extent, manipulates. Even children learn to cry when they want something. There are all kinds of subtle things we do to get others to follow our lead, not bother us, and so on.
Wherever an inferiority complex exists, there is a good reason for it.
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