Midlife Brene Brown Quotes & Sayings

Mediocrity is a pit that swallows people who have rested on seats of complacency for long. — Israelmore Ayivor

One of the most powerful ways that our shame triggers get reinforced is when we enter into a social contract based on these gender straitjackets. Our relationships are defined by women and men saying, "I'll play my role, and you play yours." One of the patterns revealed in the research was how all that role playing becomes almost unbearable around midlife. Men feel increasingly disconnected, and the fear of failure becomes paralyzing. Women are exhausted, and for the first time they begin to clearly see that the expectations are impossible. The accomplishments, accolades, and acquisitions that are a seductive part of living by this contract start to feel like a Faustian bargain. — Brene Brown

We see the world, not as it is, but as we are--or, as we are conditioned to see it. — Stephen R. Covey

People may call what happens at midlife "a crisis," but it's not. It's an unraveling - a time when you feel a desperate pull to live the life you want to live, not the one you're "supposed" to live. The unraveling is a time when you are challenged by the universe to let go of who you think you are supposed to be and to embrace who you are. — Brene Brown

In most Arab countries, it is still taboo for a woman to live alone and honour killings are still sanctioned. It is estimated that in Jordan, approximately 20 women are murdered by their own relatives every year. Most — Harvey Tripp

Among the appliances to transform the people, sound and appearances are but trivial influences. — Confucius

Let go of who you think you're supposed to be and embrace who you are. — Brene Brown

But, like many ideas, that one was more appealing in concept than in execution — Diana Gabaldon

Midlife: when the Universe grabs your shoulders and tells you I'm not f-ing around, use the gifts you were given. — Brene Brown