The gifts of imperfection : let go of who you think you're supposed to be and embrace who you are

Author

Brené Brown

Call Number

• 158 B87742.1 (CEN, WSQ)

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Publication Information

Center City, Minn. : Hazelden, c2010.

Physical Description

xvii, 137 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents

• Introduction: wholehearted living
• Courage, compassion, and connection: the gifts of imperfection
• Exploring the power of love, belonging, and being enough
• The things that get in the way
• Cultivating authenticity: letting go of what people think
• Cultivating self-compassion: letting go of perfectionism
• Cultivating a resilient spirit: letting go of numbing and powerlessness
• Cultivating gratitude and joy: letting go of scarcity and fear of the dark
• Cultivating intuition and trusting faith: letting go of the need for certainty
• Cultivating creativity: letting go of comparison
• Cultivating play and rest: letting go of exhaustion as a status symbol and productivity as self-worth
• Cultivating calm and stillness: letting go of anxiety as a lifestyle
• Cultivating meaningful work: letting go of self-doubt and supposed to
• Cultivating laughter, song, and dance: letting go of being cool and always in control.