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Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
5.0
I’m clearly late to jumping on the Brené Brown train but I am pumped to be here and am so glad Daring Greatly was the first book of hers I read.
I’ll start off by saying:
I think Brené’s research is really, really important. And I am so grateful that she has dedicated herself to it and continues to share it so openly and beautifully with us. I also want to say that I don’t view her books as “self-help” — they’re vast summaries, findings, and conclusions of years and years of research. I appreciate how she mainly presents to the larger “we” (all of humanity) than to just the sole “me” (the individual reader), while also sprinkling in bits of her own life experiences — both personal and professional — that add another layer to the content.
Moving on…
The conversations, experiences, findings, etc. that Brené references from her years of research throughout Daring Greatly portray the beauty and vulnerability of the human experience in such touching and profound ways. Many parts moved me to tears for this very reason. (Side Note: Tears aren’t uncommon for me, but when she quotes the Velveteen Rabbit at the end of one of the chapters I absolutely lost it lol have never cried so hard while reading a book before).
One of my favourite things she presents in Daring Greatly is her “Parenting Manifesto.” I’m not a parent myself — and while it’s clearly meant for parents raising children — it’s easily applicable to anyone and everyone. I found its contents *extremely* important, so I reframed it as a guiding perspective on how to treat and interact with all individuals in our lives. Plus…I think we all need to acknowledge and appreciate our own (and others’) inner-child.
I think the ability to do this (take something meant for parents + children and turn it into a broader, more applicable guidebook) just goes to show how expansive, connected, and important Brené’s work is.
One last standout takeaway:
Some of the stories she tells from interviews with adults are literally heartbreaking because they’re based in deep shame instilled in them by their parents when they were children. Even before reading this book, I frequently reflected on any moment I felt shame as a child and how it was more hurtful, and therefore more impactful (and memorable), than any other negative feeling or event I experienced. She talks about how moments like these are actually forms of trauma, which I found equally interesting and enlightening.
This was my personal introduction to Brené’s research/findings on shame and provided a whole new viewpoint for me — specifically shame’s deep, indisputable effects on us, and the role it plays in who we are, what we do, and the lives we live.
I’ll start off by saying:
I think Brené’s research is really, really important. And I am so grateful that she has dedicated herself to it and continues to share it so openly and beautifully with us. I also want to say that I don’t view her books as “self-help” — they’re vast summaries, findings, and conclusions of years and years of research. I appreciate how she mainly presents to the larger “we” (all of humanity) than to just the sole “me” (the individual reader), while also sprinkling in bits of her own life experiences — both personal and professional — that add another layer to the content.
Moving on…
The conversations, experiences, findings, etc. that Brené references from her years of research throughout Daring Greatly portray the beauty and vulnerability of the human experience in such touching and profound ways. Many parts moved me to tears for this very reason. (Side Note: Tears aren’t uncommon for me, but when she quotes the Velveteen Rabbit at the end of one of the chapters I absolutely lost it lol have never cried so hard while reading a book before).
One of my favourite things she presents in Daring Greatly is her “Parenting Manifesto.” I’m not a parent myself — and while it’s clearly meant for parents raising children — it’s easily applicable to anyone and everyone. I found its contents *extremely* important, so I reframed it as a guiding perspective on how to treat and interact with all individuals in our lives. Plus…I think we all need to acknowledge and appreciate our own (and others’) inner-child.
I think the ability to do this (take something meant for parents + children and turn it into a broader, more applicable guidebook) just goes to show how expansive, connected, and important Brené’s work is.
One last standout takeaway:
Some of the stories she tells from interviews with adults are literally heartbreaking because they’re based in deep shame instilled in them by their parents when they were children. Even before reading this book, I frequently reflected on any moment I felt shame as a child and how it was more hurtful, and therefore more impactful (and memorable), than any other negative feeling or event I experienced. She talks about how moments like these are actually forms of trauma, which I found equally interesting and enlightening.
This was my personal introduction to Brené’s research/findings on shame and provided a whole new viewpoint for me — specifically shame’s deep, indisputable effects on us, and the role it plays in who we are, what we do, and the lives we live.