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I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn't): Making the Journey from "What Will People Think?" to "I Am Enough"
Brené Brown
4.14 AVERAGE
558 reviews for:
I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn't): Making the Journey from "What Will People Think?" to "I Am Enough"
Brené Brown
4.14 AVERAGE
Yeah I still just can't stand Brené Brown. I feel like she infantilizes her audience too much and boils really complex emotions too simply in order to communicate them to the lowest common denominator without trusting the audience can handle anything more than Ms. Rachel-like explanations for adult situations. DNF.
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Such an important and deep read. It took me a while to get through this because there was just so much to unpack. It's raw and life-changing. I wish I could gift a copy to every woman I know.
Never finished it but came close. Love breve brown but I think her later work has gotten a bit tighter.
This is the 3rd book I've read by Brene Brown and it's fine. A lot of her work stems from the idea that humans are hardwired for connection.
In this book, we are reminded that while shame feels individual, it is a universal feeling. She explains that in order to become shame resilient, we need to practice empathy and self-compassion.
I took more away from the stories because they emphasized her points. It's interesting what people felt ashamed of. I had to stop myself from judging and perpetuating shame.
Good concepts, but I wouldn't recommend it as your first read by Brene Brown.
In this book, we are reminded that while shame feels individual, it is a universal feeling. She explains that in order to become shame resilient, we need to practice empathy and self-compassion.
I took more away from the stories because they emphasized her points. It's interesting what people felt ashamed of. I had to stop myself from judging and perpetuating shame.
Good concepts, but I wouldn't recommend it as your first read by Brene Brown.
This is good and interesting research but I’m not seeing much here that she hasn’t already covered. It’s still good to go over the fundamentals and I find her work very helpful but I wish there was more unique content here
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Mixed feelings on this one. Really, really mixed feelings. Probably the biggest feeling is this: Brene Brown seems to have a very white, middle class idea of what shame is. I would expect more from a social worker who has given TED talks. There was a lot about body image (admittedly, a big one for many), keeping up with the joneses, having immaculate children and so on. When Brene used herself as an example and said she was ashamed she didn't bake cookies for her kids' teacher, I thought, wow. This woman lives a charmed life. She offered up many core reasons for shame, but none were about poverty, or growing up in a home without a flushing toilet, or ramshackle houses, or illiteracy. I was thinking, there are so many people who will feel shut out of such a middle class description of shame, myself included. She talked about having a "shame network." Brene, there are a lot of lonely people out there who are going to feel even worse about themselves after reading your book.
There were a few really brilliant insights, but overall, I was blown away by how sheltered this woman was, considering her area of research. I feel quite angry, actually.
There were a few really brilliant insights, but overall, I was blown away by how sheltered this woman was, considering her area of research. I feel quite angry, actually.
informative
reflective
slow-paced