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.
Thanks to Brené Brown I learned how to be vulnerable… a life changer
Brené Brown is an important thought leader of our times … a deeply inspiring book
Stories, beautifully told, of learning to belong because you know, enjoy, admire, and forgive yourself.
Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston, where she holds the Huffington Foundation-Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the Graduate College of Social Work. She is also a visiting professor in management at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. Brown has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame and empathy, and is the author of five #1
New York Times bestsellers:
The Gifts of Imperfection,
Daring Greatly,
Rising Strong,
Braving the Wilderness and
Dare to Lead, which is the culmination of a seven-year study on courage and leadership. With Tarana Burke, she co-edited the bestselling anthology
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience and the Black Experience. She hosts the
Unlocking Us and
Dare to Lead podcasts, and her TEDx talk, "The Power of Vulnerability", is one of the top five most-viewed TED talks in the world with more than 50 million views. Her Netflix special, The Call to Courage, is the first filmed lecture by a researcher on the streaming service. Brown lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband, Steve. They have two children, Ellen and Charlie.