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Brene Brown - Daring Greatly It’s not often I give a book it’s own review, usually saving them for my reading round ups but sometimes a book comes along that not only blows your mind, but as soon as you hit the last page, you fly back to the start to relive the epiphanies you experienced between the pages.

I first found Brene Brown when one of her Ted talks popped up on my recommended for you, it was about listening to shame. Shame, to me, has always been that red faced, can’t get your words out, embarrassment and begging the world to open up and swallow you. I’ve always run away from shame, why would I knowingly put myself in a position of vulnerability? Am I really that crazy?

Turns out, it’s not that crazy. Shame and vulnerability are the keys to wholehearted living. Vulnerability is not cowardice, it’s not weakness. Putting yourself out there, your image, your ideas, your work, your words, showing the world how you live your life, that is not weak, that is pure, unfiltered courage. It’s exposure, it’s uncertain, it’s a nerve wracking daily occurrence, but it is brave.

But to understand vulnerability, we have to understand shame. We have to understand why we feel shame, where shame comes from and we have to learn how to become shame-resilliant. We have to learn how to take those instances of shame and vulnerability and turn them into little secret weapons against the world.

Long intro short, I have too much to say about this book so here’s 5 things it’s taught me (or consider this 5 reasons why you should read it!)

I could go on and on about this book but then you wouldn’t read it for yourself now would you? It’s not a self help book, it’s not self improvement or personal development, it’s understanding. It’s really understanding how shame and vulnerability can actually empower us. It’s about not letting the myths of shame and vulnerability hold us back, it’s about moving forward and living as full a life as possible.

Do yourself a favour.
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