Atlas of the Heart
by Brené Brown · first published 2021
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In Atlas of the Heart, we explore eighty-seven of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human and walk through a new framework for cultivating meaningful connection. This is for the mapmakers and travelers in all of us. Buy the Book Guides, passages, and podcasts Article The Practice of Story Stewardship
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I've been reading Brene Brown's "Atlas of the Heart" - a book that tries to wrangle the definition of emotion words. It's a sort of dictionary crossed with Brene's own stories and her research. Really good read for those into language and psycholgy.
on “Using the wrong dictionary (2014)” ↗…no intention to interact. Just go and spend time observing your thoughts and feelings. If you feel like you don't have much vocabulary for your emotions, two book I really recommend are Brene Brown's "Atlas of the Heart" [1], where a researcher names, describes, and compares the various emotions, and "The Emotion Thesaurus" [2], a writer's guide that includes a lot of description that can help with pattern-matching.…
on “Ask HN: If you used to be socially awkward and shy, how did you improve?” ↗…Parents, Lindsay C. Gibson 6. Self-Compassion, Dr. Kristin Neff 7. How to Keep House While Drowning, KC Davis 8. Deploy Empathy, Michele Hansen 9. The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel A. Van der Kolk 10. Atlas of the Heart, Brene Brown 11. What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey
on “Ask HN: What books helped you in your entrepreneurship journey?” ↗Also Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown was a breakthrough book for me
on “The Effects of Early Relational Trauma (2001) [pdf]” ↗