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Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
“Science is not the truth. Science is finding the truth. When science changes its opinion, it didn’t lie to you. It learned more.”
“Avoidance will make you feel less vulnerable in the short run, but it will never make you less afraid.”
“I am responsible for holding you accountable in a respectful and productive way. I’m not responsible for your emotional reaction to that accountability”
This was a really powerful book for me. I've never read anything from Brene Brown but the content and format of this really intrigued me. I liked the format because it feels like something I could absolutely reference again in the future. Some of the work I've been doing in therapy for the last 2+ years has revolved around learning how to articulate what I'm feeling. I've spent a lot of my life intellectualizing what I feel so that I stop feeling it. So, reading this book and really getting into so many different emotions and how they manifest was perfect for where I'm at in that journey. It has made me want to print off a list of emotions to keep on my desk in order to keep working on my goal.
This book was also very easily readable. Since the format was broken down into sections, it made it easy to pause and reflect between sections and within them. Each chapter was broken into emotions we experience in certain situations. (For example, Places We Go When We're Hurting). Then each chapter went into more in-depth subsections for each emotion. It makes it easy to use it as a reference guide. There were a few times when Brown articulated emotions that I didn't even have words for. I may have even teared up once or twice. There is something so powerful about finding words for emotions you've felt for your entire life.
I'm definitely going to be referencing this book in the future. I might even bring it to therapy with me!
“Avoidance will make you feel less vulnerable in the short run, but it will never make you less afraid.”
“I am responsible for holding you accountable in a respectful and productive way. I’m not responsible for your emotional reaction to that accountability”
This was a really powerful book for me. I've never read anything from Brene Brown but the content and format of this really intrigued me. I liked the format because it feels like something I could absolutely reference again in the future. Some of the work I've been doing in therapy for the last 2+ years has revolved around learning how to articulate what I'm feeling. I've spent a lot of my life intellectualizing what I feel so that I stop feeling it. So, reading this book and really getting into so many different emotions and how they manifest was perfect for where I'm at in that journey. It has made me want to print off a list of emotions to keep on my desk in order to keep working on my goal.
This book was also very easily readable. Since the format was broken down into sections, it made it easy to pause and reflect between sections and within them. Each chapter was broken into emotions we experience in certain situations. (For example, Places We Go When We're Hurting). Then each chapter went into more in-depth subsections for each emotion. It makes it easy to use it as a reference guide. There were a few times when Brown articulated emotions that I didn't even have words for. I may have even teared up once or twice. There is something so powerful about finding words for emotions you've felt for your entire life.
I'm definitely going to be referencing this book in the future. I might even bring it to therapy with me!