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Book

Daring greatly : how the courage to be vulnerable transforms the way we live, love, parent, and lead

Call Number

  • 158 B87742 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Gotham Books, c2012.

Physical Description

287 p. ; 22 cm.

Summary

Based on twelve years of research, thought leader Dr. Brené Brown argues that vulnerability is not weakness, but rather our clearest path to courage, engagement, and meaningful connection.

Contents

  • What it means to dare greatly
  • Introduction: my adventures in the arena
  • Scarcity : looking inside our culture of "never enough"
  • Debunking the vulnerability myths
  • Understanding and combating shame
  • The vulnerability armory
  • Mind the gap : cultivating change and closing the disengagement divide
  • Disruptive engagement : daring to re-humanize education and work
  • Wholehearted parenting : daring to be the adults we want our children to be
  • Final thoughts
  • Appendix-trust in emergence : grounded theory and my research process
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes and references.

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