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Gifts Of Imperfection: Let Go Of Who You Think You're Supposed To Be And Embrace Who You Are (2010)

by Brené Brown(Favorite Author)

4.15 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1592859895 (ISBN13: 9781592859894)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services

review 1: I so appreciate Brene Brown's style, voice and the research that ground her insights. So many pearls packed into this small package. I look forward to continuing through 2015 to lean in, answering the questions posed in the dig deeper challenges at the close of each chapter. This is an excellent read for anyone who is willing to be introspective with a practical purpose of loving yourself and others better. The author calls it choosing to live wholeheartedly. The insights are a great and very available resource to help unpack answers to these questions and how vulnerability leads to cultivating courage, compassion and connection, which contribute to our resiliency as we weather storms and our joy in the process. One key take home for me, be open to feeling emotions as... more they come. We are deceiving ourselves when we think we can numb selective emotions, without causing ourselves more harm than good. When we choose to numb the hurtful emotions, we also dampen the ones that cause our hearts to sing. "Wholehearted living is about engaging in our lives from a place of worthiness and inviting those around us to do the same...The truth is that meaningful change is a process. It can be uncomfortable and is often risky, especially when were talking about embracing our imperfections, cultivating authenticity and looking the world in the eye and saying, I am enough...What's the greater risk? Letting go of what people think or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, who I am?"
review 2: This book really annoyed me. I think it had some good points, some helpful points, but on the whole I disliked it. I'm having a hard time putting into words what exactly I disliked about it, but here's a start: Her definitions, acronyms, key words. Her lack of God, Jesus Christ, and the Atonement. Her trying to write this book as half research, half personal discovery. I don't know why this book is coming out as Genius!, because nothing in it is new information: take it easy, treat yourself kindly, play, don't take things personally. This book is also SO disorganized. She says she's a perfectionist, and talks about how organized she is, yet this book seemed like a mash-up of ideas, blog posts, and 100 other self-help books. And how many times did she refer to her RESEARCH? Yet there are no citations for any of it. Her life's work is researching shame? Who is paying her to do this, and how does she go about it? I could see this as an absolute basic for someone with no knowledge of how to find any peace in their lives. less

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jada

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!

Lerr

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.

bconver25

Essentially, the message is "be vulnerable to be authentic". The rest is pop psychobabble.

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