But for grown adults, the money spent on this book would be money better spent elsewhere.Ītlas of the Heart is a beautiful reference book that would look lovely on a coffee table or guestroom night stand. The title of this book should have been called "Brene Brown's Dictionary of Emotions and Experiences." As a resource for elementary school teachers looking for a way to teach students how to discern one emotion from another, it might be helpful. On the CBS Evening News, Brene Brown claimed that we need her new book because without her instuction about the correct meaning of terms like "grief" or "contempt" or "curiosity," we can't connect meaningfully with others. With this book, the falacy of self-improvement-by-reading is exposed for what it is: a complete dead-end.
So, I purchased and read all of her previous best sellers. I believed that I could read her books, understand my experience better, and shake off some of the traits she identified as the ones getting in the way of living a "whole-hearted" life. Until now, I bought into Brene Brown's self-improvement formula. I'm disappointed in the book and I agree with the critical reviews here on GoodReads and on Amazon. I bought into the hype and pre-ordered it.
Atlas of the Heart draws on this research, as well as on Brown's singular skills as a storyteller, to show us how accurately naming an experience doesn't give the experience more power, it gives us the power of understanding, meaning, and choice.īrown shares, "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." Over the past two decades, Brown's extensive research into the experiences that make us who we are has shaped the cultural conversation and helped define what it means to be courageous with our lives. As she maps the necessary skills and an actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances-a universe where we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and most heartbreaking moments with one another in a way that builds connection. In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through eighty-seven of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human.
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