A great reminder for me to be more mindful of my "Hustling for Worthiness" activities in my day-day life. Facebook included ;))Being vulnerable is not my forte and Brene Brown's courage in her honest sharing of her own experience is great wisdom. I am grateful. Her shares make me realize I am not the only one wrestling with this tension and that makes me realize I am normal and human. I don't always have to be "cool or in control". This is a good book to compliment a couple of similar books I've read in recent years in learning to be graceful to ourselves and be comfortable in own own skins. The other two books that have played great role in this chapter of my life are: Dan Allender's To Be Told and John Ortberg's The Me I want to be. I don't expect this read to fix the constant struggles we encounter around "shame" and "vulnerability", but from time to time, we'll need a good reminder as we journey to our better selves, and this book will certainly serve that. I initially borrowed this book from a library for a book club but decided to ordered one after I finished reading. It's a good read to look back to from time to time in the future, in case I forget it's human to be Miss Imperfect, which I tend to be. That's my takeaway. Quick read with some really good tidbits (it's very quotable) and some good reminders on living a full life. I think others have found it life-changing and profound, I'm not sure it's been that impactful for me, but I do appreciate when someone can succinctly and articulately put to words a concept or idea or belief that is abstract. I was definitely distracted by the author's own neuroses though I appreciate that she is sharing her vulnerabilities and allowing readers to own up to our own moments of imperfection. And I'm not a fan of her use of "Wholehearted" as a category of people that we should try to emulate (because the implication is that there's a larger group of people who are not whole in their heart?).
Reading this books will never make me look at myself in the mirror the same way again.
—mindless143
Not bad. Not groundbreaking.
—Trueblue
I'll try, I swear I'll try
—wowsee
Love her TED talks....;-)
—Eva
This woman speaks to me.
—soccer24
![DARING GREATLY - I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME Audiobook :Daring Greatly & I Thought It Was Just Me Audiobook: Brene Brown [Audiobook, CD, Unabridged] (2013) by Brené Brown](/i/cover.jpg)