The gifts of imperfection let go of who you think you're supposed to be and embrace who you are
In The Gifts of Imperfection, Brené Brown, a leading expert on shame, authenticity, and belonging, shares ten guideposts on the power of Wholehearted living--a way of engaging with the world from a place of worthiness.
| Main Author: | Brown, Brené. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Center City, Minn. :
Hazelden,
c2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: wholehearted living
- Courage, compassion, and connection: the gifts of imperfection
- Exploring the power of love, belonging, and being enough
- The things that get in the way
- Cultivating authenticity: letting go of what people think
- Cultivating self-compassion: letting go of perfectionism
- Cultivating a resilient spirit: letting go of numbing and powerlessness
- Cultivating gratitude and joy: letting go of scarcity and fear of the dark
- Cultivating intuition and trusting faith: letting go of the need for certainty
- Cultivating creativity: letting go of comparison
- Cultivating play and rest: letting go of exhaustion as a status symbol and productivity as self-worth
- Cultivating calm and stillness: letting go of anxiety as a lifestyle
- Cultivating meaningful work: letting go of self-doubt and supposed to
- Cultivating laughter, song, and dance: letting go of being cool and always in control.