All reviews for Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are (2010)
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I really admire Brene Brown. She is so brave! And this book's project was wonderful, to help people think about self-compassion and embracing themselves. I really appreciated her chapter about the importance of play. I think I just am not really a self-help book person. I would have really enjoyed reading more about the research that fueled the findings Brown presents. Or conversely I think I'd like to maybe read the more metaphysical works she references. That said, I still got a bit of a reading list from this book. And profound respect for Brown. Yea social workers!
The Guidepost explanations and exercises in the second half of the book are helpful activities to help guide you through your journey from trying to be "perfect" and into being comfortable with you. I found the social science research interesting, but I found myself interested in more of the research than its application to my personal life; therefore, this particular book didn't have any life changing affects as it did for other readers.
Essentially, the message is "be vulnerable to be authentic". The rest is pop psychobabble.