NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A timely and important 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
Don't miss the hourlong Netflix special Brené Brown: The Call to Courage! HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK
CLUB PICK True belonging doesn't require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we
are. Social scientist Brené Brown PhD LMSW has sparked a global conversation about the
experiences that bring meaning to our lives-experiences of courage vulnerability love
belonging shame and empathy. In Braving the Wilderness Brown redefines what it means to
truly belong in an age of increased polarization. With her trademark mix of research
storytelling and honesty Brown will again change the cultural conversation while mapping a
clear path to true belonging. Brown argues that we're experiencing a spiritual crisis of
disconnection and introduces four practices of true belonging that challenge everything we
believe about ourselves and each other. She writes True belonging requires us to believe in
and belong to ourselves so fully that we can find sacredness both in being a part of something
and in standing alone when necessary. But in a culture that's rife with perfectionism and
pleasing and with the erosion of civility it's easy to stay quiet hide in our ideological
bunkers or fit in rather than show up as our true selves and brave the wilderness of
uncertainty and criticism. But true belonging is not something we negotiate or accomplish with
others it's a daily practice that demands integrity and authenticity. It's a personal
commitment that we carry in our hearts. Brown offers us the clarity and courage we need to find
our way back to ourselves and to each other. And that path cuts right through the wilderness.
Brown writes The wilderness is an untamed unpredictable place of solitude and searching. It
is a place as dangerous as it is breathtaking a place as sought after as it is feared. But it
turns out to be the place of true belonging and it's the bravest and most sacred place you
will ever stand.
