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You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
Tarana Burke, Brené Brown
4.56 AVERAGE
504 reviews for:
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience
Tarana Burke, Brené Brown
4.56 AVERAGE
A must read by anyone struggling with shame. I spent my life reading about the struggles of people of my own race and it left me where it leaves so many. Blind, racist and ignorant. Hearing these perspectives on being black and experiencing vulnerability and shame really creates new pathways of empathy and respect for the lives of others who have completely different and often much more unfair life experiences. Understanding that privilege that I experience daily are not shared by those of different color, sex and gender makes me look at the world and how I exist in this world differently. I wish more people I know would open themselves up to these stories and perspectives. Sadly ignorance and denial claim most. I loved this book and thought it was incredibly moving and important.
I needed this book so very badly and I don't have the words for what is has done for me...
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So many of these stories DEEPLY resonated with me. Such a range of Black experience & a wide range of stories regarding Black trauma, shame, and healing.
a number of famous African-Americans (writers, social justice folks) explore issues in their lives around vulnerability, and shame. The many ways that white supremacy culture has impacted Blacks, and the importance of finding ways to heal and be in community.
I’m so grateful for anthologies like this. I felt heard, seen, & empowered. Loved through their words and connected to inner voices that I think of as my ancestors. A beautiful audio book that i will continue to return to over the years
Vulnerable, raw, human. There were so many jaw dropping moments and quotes throughout this book. I admire Dr Brené Brown and I’m grateful for her ongoing work to be more intersectional with the discussions of how trauma and shame manifest in our lives. This was a great way to do just that. I’m grateful to all the authors and their strength in sharing their stories.
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Ojalá este libro contara con una versión en español. Las antologías narradas y, sobre todo, en versión audiolibro, exploran verdaderamente lo que significa ser vulnerable para una persona negra, a pesar de las experiencias propias. Es la primera vez que me encuentro con una exploración de este tipo, para poder sanar aquello que no nos permite ser vulnerables o sanar aquellas experiencias que nos han vulnerado.
ALTAMENTE RECOMENDADO.
ALTAMENTE RECOMENDADO.
Lost interest in the subject matter. Not a bad book, just not for me at the time. May pick it up again later.