Brené Brown Quotes about Empathy

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Empathy doesn't require that we have the exact same experiences as the person sharing their story with us...Empathy is connecting with the emotion that someone is experiencing, not the event or the circumstance.

Empathy doesn't require that we have the exact same experiences as the person sharing their story with us...Empathy is connecting with the emotion that someone is experiencing, not the event or the circumstance.

Brené Brown

Empathy, Events, Stories

If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.

Brené Brown

Empathy, Understanding, Stories

Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.68, Penguin

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

Brené Brown

Courage, Parenting, Empathy

Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.39, Penguin

We are hardwired to connect with others, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering.

Brené Brown

Giving, Empathy, Suffering

Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.16, Penguin

If you put shame in a petri dish, it needs three ingredients to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put the same amount of shame in the petri dish and douse it with empathy, it can't survive.

Brené Brown

Silence, Empathy, Three

Trust is a product of vulnerability that grows over time and requires work, attention, and full engagement.

Brené Brown

Empathy, Attention, Engagement

Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.51, Penguin

Empathy fuels connection; sympathy drives disconnection.

Brené Brown

Empathy, Connections, Fuel

Empathy is the antidote to shame.

Brené Brown

Empathy, Shame, Antidote

"Brené Brown Talks to The Shriver Report: The Power of Shame on Women Living on the Brink". Interview with Cara P. Lemieux, shriverreport.org. February 5, 2014.

Shame derives its power from being unspeakable...If we speak shame, it begins to wither. Just the way exposure to light was deadly for the gremlins, language and story bring light to shame and destroy it.

Brené Brown

Light, Empathy, Stories