**Now on Netflix as The Call to Courage**

'She's so good, Brené Brown, at finding the language to articulate collective feeling' Dolly Alderton

Every time we are faced with change, no matter how great or small, we also face risk. We feel uncertain and exposed. We feel vulnerable. Most of us try to fight those feelings - or feel guilt for feeling them in the first place.

In a powerful new vision Dr Brené Brown challenges everything we think we know about vulnerability, and dispels the widely accepted myth that it's a weakness. She argues that, in truth, vulnerability is strength and when we shut ourselves off from vulnerability - from revealing our true selves - we distance ourselves from the experiences that bring purpose and meaning to our lives.

Daring Greatly is the culmination of 12 years of groundbreaking social research, across every area of our lives including home, relationships, work, and parenting. It is an invitation to be courageous; to show up and let ourselves be seen, even when there are no guarantees.

This is vulnerability. This is daring greatly.

In her #1 NYT bestsellers, Brené Brown taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers and culture shifters, she’s showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead.

Leadership is not about titles, status and power over people. Leaders are people who hold themselves accountable for recognising the potential in people and ideas, and developing that potential. This is a book for everyone who is ready to choose courage over comfort, make a difference and lead.

When we dare to lead, we don't pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don't see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite when we share it and work to align authority and accountability. We don't avoid difficult conversations and situations; we lean into the vulnerability that’s necessary to do good work.

But daring leadership in a culture that's defined by scarcity, fear and uncertainty requires building courage skills, which are uniquely human. The irony is that we're choosing not to invest in developing the hearts and minds of leaders at the same time we're scrambling to figure out what we have to offer that machines can't do better and faster. What can we do better? Empathy, connection and courage to start.

Brené Brown spent the past two decades researching the emotions that give meaning to our lives. Over the past seven years, she found that leaders in organisations ranging from small entrepreneurial start-ups and family-owned businesses to non-profits, civic organisations and Fortune 50 companies, are asking the same questions:

How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders? And, how do you embed the value of courage in your culture?

Dare to Lead answers these questions and gives us actionable strategies and real examples from her new research-based, courage-building programme.

Brené writes, ‘One of the most important findings of my career is that courage can be taught, developed and measured. Courage is a collection of four skill sets supported by twenty-eight behaviours. All it requires is a commitment to doing bold work, having tough conversations and showing up with our whole hearts. Easy? No. Choosing courage over comfort is not easy. Worth it? Always. We want to be brave with our lives and work. It's why we're here.’

'Thanks to Brené Brown I learned how to be vulnerable… a life changer' Miranda Hart

The physics of vulnerability is simple: If we are brave enough often enough, we will fall. This is a book about what it takes to get back up and how owning our stories of disappointment, failure, and heartbreak gives us the power to write a daring new ending. Struggle can be our greatest call to courage and Rising Strong, our clearest path to deeper meaning, wisdom and hope.

A timely and important new book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture, from the #1 bestselling author of Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of Imperfection.

‘True belonging doesn't require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are.’ Social scientist Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW has sparked a global conversation about the experiences that bring meaning to our lives – experiences of courage, vulnerability, love, belonging, shame and empathy. In Braving the Wilderness, Brown redefines what it means to truly belong in an age of increased polarisation. With her trademark mix of research, storytelling and honesty, Brown will again change the cultural conversation while mapping out a clear path to true belonging.

Brown argues that what we're experiencing today is a spiritual crisis of disconnection, and introduces four practices of true belonging that challenge everything we believe about ourselves and each other. She writes, ‘True belonging requires us to believe in and belong to ourselves so fully that we can find sacredness both in both being a part of something, and in standing alone when necessary. But in a culture that's rife with perfectionism and pleasing, and with the erosion of civility, it's easy to stay quiet, hide in our ideological bunkers, or fit in rather than show up as our true selves and brave the wilderness of uncertainty and criticism. But true belonging is not something we negotiate or accomplish with others; it's a daily practice that demands integrity and authenticity. It's a personal commitment that we carry in our hearts.’ Brown offers us the clarity and courage we need to find our way back to ourselves and to each other. And that path cuts right through the wilderness. Brown writes, ‘The wilderness is 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. But it turns out to be the place of true belonging, and it's the bravest and most sacred place you will ever stand.’

REDISCOVER THE FORGOTTEN ART OF ASKING IN THIS NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING BOOK

'Amanda Palmer joyfully shows a generation how to change their lives' Caitlin Moran

'To read Amanda Palmer's remarkable memoir about asking and giving is to tumble headlong into her world' Elizabeth Gilbert

'The Art of Asking is a book about cultivating trust and getting as close as possible to love, vulnerability, and connection. Uncomfortably close. Dangerously close. Beautifully close' Brene Brown

Imagine standing on a box in the middle of a busy city, dressed as a white-faced bride, and silently using your eyes to ask people for money. Or touring Europe in a punk cabaret band, and finding a place to sleep each night by reaching out to strangers on Twitter. For Amanda Palmer, actions like these have gone beyond satisfying her basic needs for food and shelter - they've taught her how to turn strangers into friends, build communities, and discover her own giving impulses. And because she had learned how to ask, she was able to go to the world to ask for the money to make a new album and tour with it, and to raise over a million dollars in a month.

In the New York TImes bestseller The Art of Asking, Palmer expands upon her popular TED talk to reveal how ordinary people, those of us without thousands of Twitter followers and adoring fans, can use these same principles in our own lives.

Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organisers, artists, academics and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resilience.
Contributions by Kiese Laymon, Imani Perry, Laverne Cox, Jason Reynolds, Austin Channing Brown, and more.

It started as a text between two friends.

Tarana Burke, founder of the 'me too.' Movement, texted researcher and writer Brené Brown to see if she was free to jump on a call. Brené assumed that Tarana wanted to talk about wallpaper. They had been trading home decorating inspiration boards in their last text conversation so Brené started scrolling to find her latest Pinterest pictures when the phone rang.

But it was immediately clear to Brené that the conversation wasn't going to be about wallpaper. Tarana's hello was serious and she hesitated for a bit before saying, "Brené, you know your work affected me so deeply, but as a Black woman, I've sometimes had to feel like I have to contort myself to fit into some of your words. The core of it rings so true for me, but the application has been harder."

Brené replied, "I'm so glad we're talking about this. It makes sense to me. Especially in terms of vulnerability. How do you take the armour off in a country where you're not physically or emotionally safe?"

Long pause.

"That's why I'm calling," said Tarana. "What do you think about working together on a book about the Black experience with vulnerability and shame resilience?"

There was no hesitation.


Burke and Brown are the perfect pair to usher in this stark, potent collection of essays on Black shame and healing. Along with the anthology contributors, they create a space to recognise and process the trauma of white supremacy, a space to be vulnerable and affirm the fullness of Black love and Black life.

ABANDONE A PESSOA QUE VOCÊ ACHA QUE DEVE SER E SEJA VOCÊ MESMO.

Da mesma autora de A coragem de ser imperfeito.   

"Coragem, compaixão e conexão: através da pesquisa, das observações e da orientação de Brené Brown, essas três palavrinhas podem abrir caminho para uma incrível transformação na sua vida." – Ali Edwards, autora de Life Artist

Hoje em dia somos bombardeados o tempo todo por imagens de sucesso e perfeição. Isso nos faz acreditar que precisamos nos encaixar nas expectativas – nossas e dos outros – para sermos aceitos e felizes.

Ficamos tão ocupados tentando agradar que acabamos perdendo contato com o que é mais verdadeiro, autêntico e sensível em nós.

Brené Brown nos encoraja a questionar a necessidade crônica de perfeição e nos mostra que aceitar nossas vulnerabilidades é o melhor caminho para relações mais próximas e uma vida significativa.   

Através de sua sólida pesquisa e de emocionantes histórias, ela mostra como podemos nos libertar do perfeccionismo, da vergonha e do medo através das seguintes práticas:

• a coragem de ousar.

• a compaixão de nos perdoar.

• a conexão com as pessoas que amamos.

Já somos dignos de amor, pertencimento e valorização. O objetivo deste livro é que você se aproprie dessa verdade e se abra para um lindo processo de transformação interior.

Brené Brown está revolucionando la forma de entender la vulnerabilidad, la empatía y la pertenencia.

De la autora de Sé valiente, el documental de Netflix.

La actual crisis de desconexión nos obliga a plantearnos la pertenencia a nuestra comunidad, empresa, cultura. La verdadera pertenencia no nos pide que cambiemos; nos exige que seamos quienes somos. Brené Brown, famosa por profundizar en las experiencias que dan sentido a la vida, como el coraje, la vulnerabilidad, el amor, la vergüenza y la empatía, se adentra ahora en el debate sobre la pertenencia.

En Desafiando la tierra salvaje, Brown redefine el concepto «pertenecer» en una era marcada por la complacencia, el individualismo y el aislamiento ideológico. La autora da un giro al discurso cultural establecido y abre un nuevo camino hacia lo que significa ser parte de algo. Un libro oportuno y necesario que desafía lo que pensamos sobre nosotros mismos y nuestra forma de relacionarnos con los demás.

"Brené Brown oferece insights e estratégias para compreender a vergonha e superar seu poder sobre nós. Um olhar interessante para uma emoção que debilita e prejudica o potencial de muitas mulheres." — Booklist

"Para um número enorme de leitores, Eu achava que isso só acontecia comigo pode significar um portal para a liberdade e a autoestima." — Martha Beck, colunista da O, the Oprah Magazine

A busca pela perfeição é exaustiva e implacável. Somos constantemente bombardeados pelas expectativas sociais que nos ensinam que ser imperfeito é sinônimo de ser inadequado.

Para onde quer que se olhe, há mensagens nos dizendo quem, o que e como deveríamos ser. Dessa forma, aprendemos a esconder nossas lutas e nos proteger da vergonha, do julgamento, da crítica e da culpa, buscando segurança no fingimento e na perfeição.

Brené Brown é referência no tema do poder da vulnerabilidade e tem inspirado milhões de pessoas com seus livros e palestras. Com base em sete anos de sua pesquisa inovadora e centenas de entrevistas, este livro revela uma verdade transformadora: nossas imperfeições são o que nos conectam uns aos outros e à nossa humanidade.

Nossa cultura nos diz que devemos rejeitar nosso corpo, nossas histórias autênticas e até nosso verdadeiro eu a fim de nos adequar e sermos aceitos. Vícios, perfeccionismo, medo e culpa são alguns dos sinais externos dos efeitos da vergonha nos aspectos mais banais e visíveis de nossa vida — da saúde mental e física à imagem corporal, incluindo nossas relações com parceiros, filhos, amigos, dinheiro e trabalho.

Brené mostra que nossas vulnerabilidades não são fraquezas; são lembretes poderosos para mantermos o coração e a mente abertos à realidade de que estamos todos juntos nisso. E apresenta estratégias para transformar nossa capacidade de amar, trabalhar, ser pai ou mãe e construir relacionamentos.