I wish there was a version specifically for teens addressing some issues specific to that time of life. But I feel like I’ve gotten a lot of really good stuff from this book. I recognize that I’m feeling scared or hurt or whatever it is and try to process that rather than running from it into feeling angry. Now, instead, I try to create a little space in my head. I will pick a fight with him or escalate a fight we’re already having. I realized that when I feel vulnerable, I tend to counterattack. One of the biggest changes that’s come from reading this book is in the way my husband and I relate to each other. It makes you feel like Brown is right there in the vulnerability trenches with you. There are a lot of personal stories, which both soften the blow that comes from feeling so exposed emotionally. Like, it really makes me think about the ways I handle my own emotional discomfort and gives an opportunity to make some changes. Or things make sense in a fresh way because of whatever’s happening in my life at the moment I read a particular topic or chapter. Every single time, I feel like I rediscover gems or somehow notice new information that I’d overlooked before.

I have this book as an audiobook and I’ve listened to it multiple times. Brené Brown offers a powerful new vision that encourages us to dare greatly: to embrace vulnerability and imperfection, to live wholeheartedly, and to courageously engage in our lives. Brown’s many fans have been waiting for, DARING GREATLY will spark a new spirit of truth-and trust-in our organizations, families, schools, and communities. Based on twelve years of research, she argues that vulnerability is not weakness, but rather our clearest path to courage, engagement, and meaningful connection. Brown challenges everything we think we know about vulnerability. Whether the arena is a new relationship, an important meeting, our creative process, or a difficult family conversation, we must find the courage to walk into vulnerability and engage with our whole hearts.

who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.” -Theodore RooseveltĮvery day we experience the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable, or to dare greatly. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood who strives valiantly. “It is not the critic who counts not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. Published SeptemAmazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About Daring Greatly

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