Braving the Wilderness: People are Hard to Hate Close Up: Move In

Telling your personal story is the most powerful tool in activism. Sharing our stories can heal our communities, our country and ourselves. This is Part II in the series on Brene Brown’s book Braving the Wilderness In the spring of 2006 I was part of a nationwide tour to speak…
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Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging

A culture of "fitting in" has damaged our society. True belonging will transform it. This is Part I in the series on Brene Brown's book Braving the Wilderness The desire for belonging is a fundamental, and perhaps our most basic human need. Brene argues that the definition of true belonging…
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Braving the Wilderness: Introduction

Our politics and culture seem hopelessly divided and toxic. Researcher Brene Brown's new book offers a much needed solution. This is the Introduction to the series on Brene Brown's book Braving the Wilderness I have been a fan of qualitative researcher/storyteller Brene Brown since I watched her first TEDx talk…
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