num_pages: 336
description: Social scientist Bren Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage vulnerability shame and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a profound truth: Vulnerabilitythe willingness to show up and be seen with no guarantee of outcomeis the only path to more love belonging creativity and joy. But living a brave life is not always easy: We are inevitably going to stumble and fall.It is the rise from falling that Brown takes as her subject in Rising Strong. As a grounded theory researcher Brown has listened as a range of peoplefrom leaders in Fortune 500 companies and the military to artists couples in long-term relationships teachers and parentsshared their stories of being brave falling and getting back up. She asked herself What do these people with strong and loving relationships leaders nurturing creativity artists pushing innovation and clergy walking with people through faith and mystery have in common? The answer was clear: They recognize the power of emotion and theyre not afraid to lean in to discomfort.Walking into our stories of hurt can feel dangerous. But the process of regaining our footing in the midst of struggle is where our courage is tested and our values are forged. Our stories of struggle can be big ones like the loss of a job or the end of a relationship or smaller ones like a conflict with a friend or colleague. Regardless of magnitude or circumstance the rising strong process is the same: We reckon with our emotions and get curious about what were feeling; we rumble with our stories until we get to a place of truth; and we live this process every day until it becomes a practice and creates nothing short of a revolution in our lives. Rising strong after a fall is how we cultivate wholeheartedness. Its the process Brown writes that teaches us the most about who we are.
language: English
title: Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.
publisher: Random House