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BOOK REVIEW: ATLAS OF THE HEART

  AUTHOR: Brené Brown GENRE: Psychology PUBLICATION DATE: Nov 2021 Atlas of the heart is a beautiful book that seeks to helps us gain some orientation of our emotional landscape. Brené Brown takes us through 87 emotions and experiences that shape us as humans. She even gives us tools and language necessary for building meaningful connections. The book emphasizes the need to expand your emotional vocabulary this is known as e motional granularity. Emotional granularity can simply be defined as the ability to use precise language to describe your emotions. Having insights into our inner landscape helps us feel connected not only to ourselves but to the people around us instead of feeling numb and disembodied. Being able to precisely articulate your feelings also means that you can ask for and receive the specific help that you need. Brené Brown speaks of embracing our emotional paradoxes. Take the yin and yang symbol for example, it shows a balance between two opposites with a p...
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