Brene Brown

I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame

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An affirming, revealing examination of the painful effects of shamewith new, powerful strategies that promise to transform a womans abilitiy to love, parent, work, and build relationships.Shame manifests itself in many ways. Addiction, perfectionism, fear and blame are just a few of the outward signs that Dr. Brené Brown discovered in her 6-year study of shames effects on women. While shame is generally thought of as an emotion sequestered in the shadows of our psyches, I Thought It Was Just Me demonstrates the ways in which it is actually present in the most mundane and visible aspects of our livesfrom our mental and physical health and body image to our relationships with our partners, our kids, our friends, our money, and our work.After talking to hundreds of women and therapists, Dr. Brown is able to illuminate the myriad shaming influences that dominate our culture and explain why we are all vulnerable to shame. We live in a culture that tells us we must reject our bodies, reject our authentic stories, and ultimately reject our true selves in order to fit in and be accepted.Outlining an empowering new approach that dispels judgment and awakens us to the genuine acceptance of ourselves and others, I Thought It Was Just Me begins a crucial new dialogue of hope. Through potent personal narratives and examples from real women, Brown identifies and explains four key elements that allow women to transform their shame into courage, compassion and connection. Shame is a dark and sad place in which to live a life, keeping us from connecting fully to our loved ones and being the women we were meant to be. But learning how to understand shames influence and move through it toward full acceptance of ourselves and others takes away much of shames power to harm.Its not just you, youre not alone, and if you fight the daily battle of feeling like you aresomehowjust not enough, you owe it to yourself to read this book and discover your infinite possibilities as a human being.
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370 printed pages
Original publication
2021
Publication year
2021
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Quotes

  • Deiby Pangemananhas quoted5 years ago
    The prerequisite for empathy is compassion. We can only respond empathically if we are willing to hear someone’s pain. We sometimes think of compassion as a saintlike virtue. It’s not. In fact, compassion is possible for anyone who can accept the struggles that make us human—our fears, imperfections, losses and shame. We can only respond compassionately to someone telling her story if we have embraced our own story—shame and all. Compassion is not a virtue—it is a commitment.
  • Mahabbat Temirgalievahas quoted5 years ago
    If we really want to get at the heart of the beast, we have to understand more than what it feels like to experience shame. We need to understand when and why we are the most likely to engage in shaming behaviors toward others, how we can develop our resilience to shame and how we can consciously make the effort not to shame others.
  • Mahabbat Temirgalievahas quoted5 years ago
    Shame is being rejected.
    • You work hard to show the world what it wants to see. Shame happens when your mask is pulled off and the unlikable parts of you are seen. It feels unbearable to be seen.
    • Shame is feeling like an outsider—not belonging.
    • Shame is hating yourself and understanding why other people hate you too.
    • I think it’s about self-loathing.
    • Shame is like a prison. But a prison that you deserve to be in because something’s wrong with you.
    • Shame is being exposed—the flawed parts of yourself that you want to hide from everyone are revealed. You want to hide or die

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