Angie Powers’s Reviews > Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience > Status Update

I just got @ed in the anger chapter. Thanks Brene...

The chapter on belonging was absolutely fantastic. Brown begins the chapter discussing belonging in childhood and adolescence but expands into adulthood. The most poignant part of the chapter was when she described what middle school students had to say about belonging vs fitting in: "If I get to be me, I belong. If I have to be like you, I fit in" (Brown 72%). From the mouth of babes...

Omg this book reminds me of Permission to Feel so far. I loved that book and it helps me get over the gross title of this book.