New York Times best-selling author and professor Brené Brown offers a powerful and inspiring book that explores how to cultivate the courage compassion and connection to embrace your imperfections and to recognize that you are enough. Each day we face a barrage of images and messages from society and the media telling us who what and how we should be. We are led to believe that if we could only look perfect and lead perfect lives we'd no longer feel inadequate. So most of us perform please and perfect all the while thinking What if I can't keep all of these balls in the air? Why isn't everyone else working harder and living up to my expectations? What will people think if I fail or give up? When can I stop proving myself?In The Gifts of Imperfection Bren頂rown PhD a leading expert on shame authenticity and belonging shares what she's learned from a decade of research on the power of Wholehearted Living--a way of engaging with the world from a place of worthiness.In her ten guideposts Brown engages our minds hearts and spirits as she explores how we can cultivate the courage compassion and connection to wake up in the morning and think No matter what gets done and how much is left undone I am enough and to go to bed at night thinking Yes I am sometimes afraid but I am also brave. And yes I am imperfect and vulnerable but that doesn't change the truth that I am worthy of love and belonging.
