№ 07 · 2010
The Gifts of Imperfection
Brené Brown
Before the TED talks and before the Netflix specials, Brené Brown was a sociologist studying shame at the University of Houston. The Gifts of Imperfection distills a decade of that research into ten guideposts for what she calls wholehearted living. It's brief, generous, and as plainly written as anything in the field — a useful entry point to her larger body of work.
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Why I recommend this one
If a client tells me they grew up performing perfection, this is one of the first books I mention. Brown has a particular gift for naming things people have felt their whole lives but never had words for. That naming is half the work.
— Jeffrey Farber, MSW, LCSW
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