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Rising Strong by Brené Brown
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
‘There is no greater threat to the critics and cynics and fearmongers than those of us who are willing to fall because we have learned how to rise.’
Is there anything authored by Brené Brown that I wouldn’t rave about? Probably not, I think it’s safe to say I’m firmly a BB groupie by now. But if you are yet to come across Brené’s work, let this be a gentle nudge in her direction. This incredible book walks the reader through finding the courage to show compassion, dare, fall, and find meaning it getting back up again.
Rising Strong sits informally as the third and final instalment of Brene’s progression of works around vulnerability. All of her books are about vulnerability in a myriad of ways, but Rising Strong acts as the conclusion to the series that started with the Gifts of Imperfection, followed by Daring Greatly and finishing with Rising Strong.
Side note: If you’re completely new to BB and are not sure where to start, I’d recommend beginning with the Gifts of Imperfection.
The book does great things with expanding on some of BB’s research over the years, and is particularly interesting when she looks at case studies of using the ‘Rising Strong’ method both in and out of the workplace.
This is a book I’ll come back to time and time again, as it doesn’t entirely sink in the first time you read it. It’s also quite heavy in places, so I used a mix of reading the paperback and listening to the audiobook to break up long journeys and drop and in and out of chapters before bed.
If you’re like me and you are quite easily overstimulated sometimes by the intensity of your thoughts and feelings, BB’s work can be really helpful for realising you are part of a global community of people that think and feel a similar way. We all feel this way from time to time. For me, Rising Strong is a testament to all of us scrappy and determined lot who try time and time again, fall down, learn from our mistakes, and get back up to try again.
Is there anything authored by Brené Brown that I wouldn’t rave about? Probably not, I think it’s safe to say I’m firmly a BB groupie by now. But if you are yet to come across Brené’s work, let this be a gentle nudge in her direction. This incredible book walks the reader through finding the courage to show compassion, dare, fall, and find meaning it getting back up again.
Rising Strong sits informally as the third and final instalment of Brene’s progression of works around vulnerability. All of her books are about vulnerability in a myriad of ways, but Rising Strong acts as the conclusion to the series that started with the Gifts of Imperfection, followed by Daring Greatly and finishing with Rising Strong.
Side note: If you’re completely new to BB and are not sure where to start, I’d recommend beginning with the Gifts of Imperfection.
The book does great things with expanding on some of BB’s research over the years, and is particularly interesting when she looks at case studies of using the ‘Rising Strong’ method both in and out of the workplace.
This is a book I’ll come back to time and time again, as it doesn’t entirely sink in the first time you read it. It’s also quite heavy in places, so I used a mix of reading the paperback and listening to the audiobook to break up long journeys and drop and in and out of chapters before bed.
If you’re like me and you are quite easily overstimulated sometimes by the intensity of your thoughts and feelings, BB’s work can be really helpful for realising you are part of a global community of people that think and feel a similar way. We all feel this way from time to time. For me, Rising Strong is a testament to all of us scrappy and determined lot who try time and time again, fall down, learn from our mistakes, and get back up to try again.