Brené Brown states “I want this book to be an atlas for all of us, because I believe that, with an adventurous heart and the right maps, we can travel anywhere and never fear losing ourselves”. “ Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience” is a wonderful book that will be used like a reference guide when people need some reorientation. Pity is the near enemy of compassion, while sentimentality is the near enemy of loving kindness.
What brought this on? (backstory).īrown also introduces new concepts such as “Story-stewardship”: when somebody explains their problem and the listener neither dismisses nor tries to immediately solve their issue, or “Near enemies”: when a response to a situation looks appropriate, but actually makes that situation worse. Recognize the context of our feelings or thinking. Understand how emotions show up in our bodies and why (our biology).īe curious about how our environment shape our belief system and connection between our feelings, thoughts, and behavior (our biography). Brené Brown, then, takes us on a journey of discovery and exploration to better understand a number of areas within each theme.īrené Brown explains that those human emotions and experiences are “layers of biology, biography, behaviour and backstory” and as we travel through those areas, we are able to: The book focuses on 13 key themes, each labelled as a destination: “Places We Go When Things Are Uncertain or Too Much”, “Places We Go When We Compare”, “Places We Go When It’s Beyond Us” or “Places We Go When The Heart Is Open”. In Atlas of the Heart, Brown explores eighty-seven emotions and experiences, that we all have in common, pointing out the distinguishing features of each. They realised that people can only identify three emotions as they are actually feeling them: happiness, sadness and anger. The idea for the book came after a research study Brown and her team did on 7,000 people, over a five year period. The book is about the connection and awareness of self and others.
Her latest book, “Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience” is a different approach for her, with the focus on the language, definitions, meanings of emotions, traits and states of being human.
Brené Brown takes viewers on an interactive journey through the range of emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. For BRENÉ BROWN: ATLAS OF THE HEART, researcher and six-time 1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. This is the framework for meaningful connection. BRENÉ BROWN: ATLAS OF THE HEART, now streaming on HBO Max. Brené Brown is the American #1 New York Times bestselling author and professor, known worldwide for her research on shame, vulnerability and leadership. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In her latest book, Brené Brown writes, If we want to find the way back to ourselves and one another, we need language and the grounded confidence to both tell our stories and be stewards of the stories that we hear.
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