<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Boundaries are limits that protect our well-being.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Saying “no” doesn’t make you mean — it shows self-respect.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">People trust you more when you’re clear and honest. </li></ul>

8. Setting Boundaries Builds Trust

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Emotions help us understand ourselves and others.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">We often confuse or mislabel feelings.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Naming emotions correctly improves communication and connection.</li></ul>

1. Understanding Emotions is Power

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Shame says “I am bad”; guilt says “I did something bad.”</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Guilt can motivate change; shame often blocks it.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Understanding these helps build self-worth.</li></ul>

5. Recognizing Shame and Guilt

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Practicing gratitude increases joy in life.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Small moments of joy matter — laughter, beauty, peace.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Recognizing joy makes it grow.</li></ul>

9. Joy and Gratitude Go Together

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">True belonging means being accepted for who you are, not who you pretend to be.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">You don’t have to change to fit in.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Loving yourself is the first step to real connection.</li></ul>

10. Belonging Starts with Self-Acceptance

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Grief is painful, but it shows what mattered to us.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Hope isn’t pretending everything’s fine — it’s believing things can get better.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Sharing grief with others can ease the burden.</li></ul>

7. Grief and Hope Can Coexist

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The words we use influence how we feel and act.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Having the right words for emotions makes them less scary.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">A rich emotional vocabulary builds emotional intelligence.</li></ul>

2. Language Shapes Experience

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">We’re wired to connect with others.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">True connection requires vulnerability and openness.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Feeling seen and understood brings deep joy.</li></ul>

3. Connection is a Basic Human Need

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Fear is a reaction to danger; anxiety is worry about what might happen.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Both are natural but can take over if unchecked.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Calming techniques and self-awareness can help manage them.</li></ul>

6. Understanding Fear and Anxiety

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Being vulnerable means showing up with honesty.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">It’s key to love, creativity, and meaningful work.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">It may feel risky but leads to real growth.</li></ul>

4. Vulnerability is Courage, Not Weakness

When we deny the story, it defines us. When we own the story, we can write a brave new ending.

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her latest book, Brené Brown writes, “If we want to find the way back to ourselves and one another, we need language and the grounded confidence to both tell our stories and be stewards of the stories that we hear. This is the framework for meaningful connection.” Don’t miss the five-part HBO Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart! In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through eighty-seven of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. As she maps the necessary skills and an actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances—a universe where we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and most heartbreaking moments with one another in a way that builds connection.   Over the past two decades, Brown’s extensive research into the experiences that make us who we are has shaped the cultural conversation and helped define what it means to be courageous with our lives. Atlas of the Heart draws on this research, as well as on Brown’s singular skills as a storyteller, to show us how accurately naming an experience doesn’t give the experience more power—it gives us the power of understanding, meaning, and choice.   Brown shares, “I want this book to be an atlas for all of us, because I believe that, with an adventurous heart and the right maps, we can travel anywhere and never fear losing ourselves.”

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Dr. 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. Brené is also a visiting professor in management at The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. She 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 her latest book, Dare to Lead.Brené hosts the Unlocking Us Podcast and the Dare to Lead Podcast. Her TED talk – The Power of Vulnerability – is one of the top five most viewed TED talks in the world with over 50 million views.

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