A practical summary guide of Atlas of the Heart1 by Brene Brown.
There’s nothing more limiting than tapping out of tension and oversimplifying the thoughts and feelings that have the power to help you understand who you are and what you need.
The key skill set to “cultivating meaningful connection” is to “know and apply the language of human experience and emotion.”
This summary guide provides you with some of the language of our human experience and emotion.
First, determine where you think your heart is going when you feel a strong emotion.
Then, discover the abundance of complex emotions to help you navigate times of uncertainty, ambiguity, tension, or discomfort.
By understanding your emotions better, you can have greater emotional fluidity, allowing you to connect with yourself and others.
Places you go when…
- Life is good
- Your heart is open
- You fall short
- You feel wronged
- Things don’t go as planned
- Things are uncertain or too much
- Things are beyond you
- Things aren’t what they seem
- You’re hurting
- You’re with others
- You compare
- You search for connection
- You self-assess
- Atlas of the Heart, Bene Brown ↩︎