Braving the Wilderness : The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

from TheBentley

Brene Brown is my spirit animal. In this open and honest book-which often reads more like a memoir than a study-Brown expands her notions of vulnerability and emotional honesty and resilience to a more social and political context. An absolutely necessary tonic for our echo-chamber cultural era. ...

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This book is Brene' Brown's life account of her personal journey from a desperately lonely teenager living in an emotionally barren life to an incredibly strong but vulnerable wife, mother and researcher. She felt she didn't belong anywhere and was trying to find her self value in the opinions an...

from PlanCultivateCreate

Honest, poignant, and thought-provoking. Biggest takeaway: Life is all about connection and compassion. Yes.

from bookworm12

I was surprised by how much this one impacted me. There's a thin line between self-help books and books they get to the core of a problem to actually solve a bigger social issue. I love the way she encouraged overcoming our differences to find a community instead of highlighting the issues that d...

from keylawk

The author is a research professor in Houston who did the acclaimed TED talk on vulnerability and three other books. I love the blurb "True belonging doesn't require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are." Nota bene - the book includes Notes and Index. Brene Brown gathers data ...