The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are Paperback – 27 August 2010

This is must go book for those who are searching mental peace for themselves and want to fight self rejection inside their minds.It helped me to understand how Gratitude can help us to have positive and supporting perspective on our life.Living in a society which has a lot of negativity for everything and we develop a self critical and self abusive behavior, This book is one of the most help full tool.

Brene Covers so many things in this book that it deserves at least a few reads to digest everything. After a research on how "Whole-hearted" people live, she found out that these people had a certain perspective on life and embraced a few practices regularly that made a huge change in how open they were to life.After finishing this book, I picked up quite a few distinctions worth applying.When you feel shame, the reflex that is conditioned in our society, heck even more conditioned in INDIAN society is to be embarrassed. Shame can come from so many angles, but so many of us are strangled by our introverted world views that we do not give enough credit to ourselves as being people who DESERVE to feel. When you feel shame, DON'T HIDE, instead, open up!There's chapters on cultivating authenticity, being more compassionate towards our own selves and giving ourselves the love and acceptance we deserve.To anyone who's looking to read a book, this book is rated #1 on Self Esteem, even though I believe Nathaniel Branden's works are better in that department, but this book EXCELS. It is definitely worth a read and a re read and it will bring a different courageous angle to the way you see life. It did to mine when I thought, what's wrong with singing in public. I tried, I sucked and I laughed about it hahaAt the end of every chapter, there's suggestions on how to apply the lesson called DIG deep, get inspired and get going. They offer valuable suggestions on how to use the info and other books and authors that cover the topics in detailsDefinitely worth a read.

Book is good. It’s about the need of vulnerability and it’s importance in this digital age where every one is hooked to their digital devices and not able to find time for real interactions.

This book feels like a best friend, the author described how she went through so many emotions and how she treated all of them with kindness is so inspiring. I'm very grateful for this book 🌷

Brene is my absolute favourite author and never ceases to inculcate a new value or a new way of living my life. This book is about wholehearted living : living courageously - owning our story, not letting the gremlins get a lot of mileage, about being compassionate to ourselves and not just others, on how setting boundaries can make us feel so powerful inside, and that we need connection to thrive emotionally, physically, spiritually and intellectually - connection begets connection. Words fall short in describing how it’s lead me back to myself, the parts I loved and the parts I orphaned.

This book came to at the right timewhen I was questioning the pain I was going through because I was an authentic person.Its so empowering and simple and real!We need to go back to being more connected and being our authentic selves.

If you've seen the TED talk then there's not much to read here. If you haven't then well it is a nice book. The author is kinda surprised by her research that shows that people who live more genuinely, expressing both, their joys as well as fears, are more happy. I thought people knew this already as some kind of unwritten rule. It is not as shocking a discovery as the author portrays. I guess the other books by the same author are better, this one does not live up to the hype.Do yourself a favor. Watch the TED talk instead.

I like the ideas and can relate to them. The writer’s own research and interaction with groups brings authenticity to these ideas. I would recommend this book!