Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

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Brene Brown

Braving the Wilderness

The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

Brene Brown

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Random House
12 September 2017

Memoirs; Religious life & practice; Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem; Mind, Body, Spirit: thought & practice; Travel & holiday

A timely and important new book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture, from the #1 bestselling author of Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of Imperfection

“True belonging doesn’t require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are.” Social scientist Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, has sparked a global conversation about the experiences that bring meaning to our lives—experiences of courage, vulnerability, love, belonging, shame, and empathy. In Braving the Wilderness, Brown redefines what it means to truly belong in an age of increased polarization. With her trademark mix of research, storytelling, and honesty, Brown will again change the cultural conversation while mapping a clear path to true belonging.

Brown argues that we’re experiencing a spiritual crisis of disconnection, and introduces four practices of true belonging that challenge everything we believe about ourselves and each other. She writes, “True belonging requires us to believe in and belong to ourselves so fully that we can find sacredness both in being a part of something and in standing alone when necessary. But in a culture that’s rife with perfectionism and pleasing, and with the erosion of civility, it’s easy to stay quiet, hide in our ideological bunkers, or fit in rather than show up as our true selves and brave the wilderness of uncertainty and criticism. But true belonging is not something we negotiate or accomplish with others; it’s a daily practice that demands integrity and authenticity. It’s a personal commitment that we carry in our hearts.” Brown offers us the clarity and courage we need to find our way back to ourselves and to each other. And that path cuts right through the wilderness. Brown writes, “The wilderness is an untamed, unpredictable place of solitude and searching. It is a place as dangerous as it is breathtaking, a place as sought after as it is feared. But it turns out to be the place of true belonging, and it’s the bravest and most sacred place you will ever stand.”

By: Brene Brown
Imprint: Random House
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 146mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 346g
ISBN: 9780812995848
ISBN 10: 0812995848
Publication Date: 12 September 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Brene Brown, PhD, LMSW, is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of Imperfection, and I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't). She is the founder and CEO of The Daring Way, an organization that brings her work on vulnerability, courage, shame, and worthiness to organizations, schools, communities, and families. Her 2010 TEDx Houston talk, The Power of Vulnerability, is one of the top five most-viewed TED talks in the world. Brown lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and two children.

Reviews for Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

Praise for Brene Brown's Rising Strong [Brown's] research and work have given us a new vocabulary, a way to talk with each other about the ideas and feelings and fears we've all had but haven't quite known how to articulate. . . . [She] empowers us each to be a little more courageous. -The Huffington Post It is inevitable-we will fall. We will fail. We will not know how to react or what to do. No matter how or when it happens, we will all have a choice-do we get up or not? Thankfully, Brene Brown is there with an outstretched arm to help us up. -Simon Sinek, author of Start with Why and Leaders Eat Last With a fresh perspective that marries research and humor, Brown offers compassion while delivering thought-provoking ideas about relationships-with others and with oneself. -Publishers Weekly