Atlas of the Heart

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From the bestselling author ofThe Gifts of ImperfectionandBravingthe Wilderness, an inspiring book examining the emotions and experiencesthat define us, helping us to become more emotionally fluent and connected.

Thanks to Bren Brown I learned how to be vulnerable a life changerMiranda Hart, actor, comedian, and bestselling author ofI Havent BeenEntirely Honest With You

‘If we want to find the way back to ourselves and each other, we needlanguage and the grounded confidence to both tell our stories, and to bestewards of the stories that we hear. This is the framework for meaningfulconnection.’

Over the past two decades, Brown’s extensive research into the experiencesthat make us who we are has shaped the cultural conversation and helped definewhat it means to be courageous with our lives.

Atlas of the Heartdraws on this research, as well as Brown’ssingular skills as a researcher/storyteller, to lay out an invaluable,research-based framework that shows us that naming an experience doesn’t givethe experience more power, it givesusthe power ofunderstanding, meaning and choice.

Brown takes us on a journey through 87 of the emotions and experiences thatdefine what it means to be human. As she maps the necessary skills and lays outan actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the languageand tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances – a universewhere we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and mostheart-breaking moments with one another in a way that builds connection.

Written with Browns trademark mix of research, storytelling andhonesty,Atlas of the Heartis the revolutionary and inspiringguide that offers to help us all become more emotionally fluent and connected.

Praise for Bren Brown

Brenempowers useach to be a little more courageousTheHuffington Post

Practical and insightfulSheryl Sandberg, former Facebook COO andbestselling author ofLean In

Brencuts through the noiseand speaks to what makes ushuman Brigadier General Brook J. Leonard, United States Air Force

Bren hasprofoundly inspired our product leadersto designin and embrace vulnerability, rather than engineer it out’ Danielle Krettek,founder, Google Empathy Lab

Themasterof hopeMetro

About the Author

Bren Brownis a research professor at theUniversity of Houston, where she holds the Huffington Foundation Endowed Chairat the Graduate College of Social Work. She also holds the position ofProfessor of Practice in Management at The University of Texas at Austin McCombsSchool of Business. She is the author of six #1New York Timesbestsellersand the host of two award-winning podcasts. In 2024, she was named as theexecutive director of The Center for Daring Leadership at BetterUp. She livesin Houston, Texas, with her husband, Steve. They have two children, Ellen andCharlie, and a weird Bichon Fris named Lucy.