Books
A good book on your shelf is a friend that turns its back on you and remains a friend. ~Author Unknown
If you resist reading what you disagree with, how will you ever acquire deeper insights into what you believe? The things most worth reading are precisely those that challenge our convictions. ~Author Unknown
A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy. ~Edward P. Morgan
If you resist reading what you disagree with, how will you ever acquire deeper insights into what you believe? The things most worth reading are precisely those that challenge our convictions. ~Author Unknown
A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy. ~Edward P. Morgan
Daring Greatly by Dr. Brene Brown
What a great book! I agree with Dr. Brown on many of her researched opinions in this book and have found that my life experiences reinforce her findings. This book is not a fast read, but one that needs to be digested and read again. An empowering book for all in understanding and healing ourselves and our relationships. It truly is all about how we connect (and don't connect) with ourselves and each other.
The author writes:
Wholehearted living is about engaging in our lives from a place of worthiness. It means cultivating the courage, compassion, and connection to wake up in the morning and to think, No matter what gets done and how much is left undone, I am enough. It’s going to bed at night thinking, Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn’t change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.
This definition is based on these fundamental ideals:
1. Love and belonging are irreducible needs of all men, women, and children. We’re hardwired for connection-it’s purpose and meaning to our lives. The absence of love, belonging, and connection always leads to suffering.
2. …there’s only one variable that separates the groups (that she interviewed); Those who feel lovable, who love, and who experience belonging simply believe that are worthy of love and belonging. They don’t have better or easier lives, they don’t have fewer struggles with addiction or depression, and they haven’t survived fewer traumas or bankruptcies or divorces, but in the midst of all of these struggles, they have developed practices that enable them to hold on to the belief that they are worthy of love, belonging, and even joy.
3. A strong belief in our worthiness doesn’t just happen-it’s cultivated when we understand the guideposts as choices and daily practices.
4. The main concern of Wholehearted men and women is living a life defined by courage, compassion, and connection.
5. The Wholehearted identify vulnerability as the catalyst for courage, compassion, and connection….They attribute everything – from their professional success to
their marriages to their proudest parenting moments – to their ability to be vulnerable.
The author supports her findings with over 12 years of research for those of you who like that sort of validation. I also like the fact that along with identifying issues, she offers solutions, practical ones, to help us engage and connect They are not easy and quick fixes and cannot be. She offers us ways to help ourselves as well as others. You will find her TedTalk under the Videos section of this web site..
What a great book! I agree with Dr. Brown on many of her researched opinions in this book and have found that my life experiences reinforce her findings. This book is not a fast read, but one that needs to be digested and read again. An empowering book for all in understanding and healing ourselves and our relationships. It truly is all about how we connect (and don't connect) with ourselves and each other.
The author writes:
Wholehearted living is about engaging in our lives from a place of worthiness. It means cultivating the courage, compassion, and connection to wake up in the morning and to think, No matter what gets done and how much is left undone, I am enough. It’s going to bed at night thinking, Yes, I am imperfect and vulnerable and sometimes afraid, but that doesn’t change the truth that I am also brave and worthy of love and belonging.
This definition is based on these fundamental ideals:
1. Love and belonging are irreducible needs of all men, women, and children. We’re hardwired for connection-it’s purpose and meaning to our lives. The absence of love, belonging, and connection always leads to suffering.
2. …there’s only one variable that separates the groups (that she interviewed); Those who feel lovable, who love, and who experience belonging simply believe that are worthy of love and belonging. They don’t have better or easier lives, they don’t have fewer struggles with addiction or depression, and they haven’t survived fewer traumas or bankruptcies or divorces, but in the midst of all of these struggles, they have developed practices that enable them to hold on to the belief that they are worthy of love, belonging, and even joy.
3. A strong belief in our worthiness doesn’t just happen-it’s cultivated when we understand the guideposts as choices and daily practices.
4. The main concern of Wholehearted men and women is living a life defined by courage, compassion, and connection.
5. The Wholehearted identify vulnerability as the catalyst for courage, compassion, and connection….They attribute everything – from their professional success to
their marriages to their proudest parenting moments – to their ability to be vulnerable.
The author supports her findings with over 12 years of research for those of you who like that sort of validation. I also like the fact that along with identifying issues, she offers solutions, practical ones, to help us engage and connect They are not easy and quick fixes and cannot be. She offers us ways to help ourselves as well as others. You will find her TedTalk under the Videos section of this web site..