Cm's video: Braving The Wilderness Summary

Braving The Wilderness offers a four-step process to find true belonging through authenticity, bravery, trust, and vulnerability since it’s mostly about learning to stand alone rather than trying to fit in. On Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs, belonging is the first thing we desire right after ensuring our own physical survival. And while it’s a very common word, it’s actually hard to describe, isn’t it? It feels kind of fuzzy as if we all mean something different, but we all know it when we feel it. In Braving The Wilderness, bestselling author Brené Brown is looking to clear up some of that confusion. What’s more, by sharing her own story of how she chased this fundamental need for decades to no avail, she teaches us how to avoid common pitfalls on our way to find it. To her, belonging is mostly about learning to belong to ourselves. But to do that, we need not just the right groups of people, but also the courage to stand alone and be ourselves when no one wants to have our back. Here are 3 lessons from the book that will help you do exactly that: Once you stop working so hard on fitting in, you’ll find it’s easier to allow yourself to be you. The courage you need to be who you are comes from learning to trust yourself and others. Don’t swallow your anger, but turn it into a positive before it becomes resentment. Brown’s metaphorical wilderness is the unkown, the scary, the life outside our comfort zone. It’s time to understand and engage it!