Braving the Wilderness

The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

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English language

Published July 2, 2017

ISBN:
9780812995848

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3 stars (1 review)

Belonging so fully to yourself that you’re willing to stand alone is a wilderness—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. The wilderness can often feel unholy because we can’t control it, or what people think about our choice of whether to venture into that vastness or not. But it turns out to be the place of true belonging, and it’s the bravest and most sacred place you will ever stand.

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reviewed Braving the Wilderness : The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown

gems in a sea of moderate eye twitching

3 stars

To focus just on the good stuff: I think BB’s thoughts on dehumanization would make good fodder for a meaningful “critical whiteness” training at work, especially in environments where we love to cling to the “unbiased” identity bs. I also very much enjoyed her enthusiasm for finding & not compromising for your authentic self and the chapter on speaking truth to bullshit (though I’m sure ppl’s mileage may vary on the civility bits, because it gets pretty close to respectability politics). There was enough wisdom in this book to help me think critically about some stuff I do and some stuff that surrounds me, and that’s good enough for me.