The release date for the English version of 'I Thought It Was Just Me: Women Reclaiming Power and Courage in a Culture of Shame' by
Brené Brown is Jan 2007. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
An empowering, eye-opening analysis of the devastating impacts of shame—with fresh, potent tactics that might completely change a woman's capacity for love, motherhood, career, and interpersonal connections.
Shame may take many different forms. During her six-year investigation on the impact of shame on women, Dr. Brené Brown identified a number of external indicators, including addiction, perfectionism, fear, and blame. Although shame is typically perceived as a feeling hidden deep within our minds, I Thought It Was Just Me shows how shame is actually present in the most commonplace and obvious facets of our lives, including our relationships with our partners, children, friends, money, and jobs, as well as our physical and mental health and body image.
Following hundreds of interviews with women and therapists, Dr. Brown is able to shed light on the many sources of shame that permeate our society and explain why shame affects us all. Our society teaches us that in order to blend in and be accepted, we must abandon our actual selves, our authentic stories, and our bodies.
I Thought It Was Just Me opens a vital new discourse of hope by outlining an empowering new strategy that banishes judgment and wakes us to the true acceptance of ourselves and others. Brown defines and clarifies four essential components that enable women to convert their shame into bravery, compassion, and connection via moving personal tales and real-life experiences. Living a life of shame prevents us from being the woman we were intended to be and from having a complete connection to our loved ones. Shame is a dark and depressing place to dwell. However, shame's ability to do damage is largely mitigated by learning how to recognize its impact and overcome it in order to fully embrace both ourselves and other people.
If you struggle every day with the sensation that you are somehow not "enough," you are not alone, and you owe it to yourself to read this book and realize how much potential you have as a person.