TY - BOOK AU - Brown,C.Brené TI - The gifts of imperfection: let go of who you think you're supposed to be and embrace who you are SN - 9781592858491 (sc.) AV - BF575.S37 B76 2010 U1 - 823 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Center City, Minn. PB - Hazelden KW - Self-acceptance KW - Self-esteem N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-135); Introduction: wholehearted living --; Courage, compassion, and connection: the gifts of imperfection --; Exploring the power of love, belonging, and being enough --; The things that get in the way --; Cultivating authenticity: letting go of what people think --; Cultivating self-compassion: letting go of perfectionism --; Cultivating a resilient spirit: letting go of numbing and powerlessness --; Cultivating gratitude and joy: letting go of scarcity and fear of the dark --; Cultivating intuition and trusting faith: letting go of the need for certainty --; Cultivating creativity: letting go of comparison --; Cultivating play and rest: letting go of exhaustion as a status symbol and productivity as self-worth --; Cultivating calm and stillness: letting go of anxiety as a lifestyle --; Cultivating meaningful work: letting go of self-doubt and supposed to --; Cultivating laughter, song, and dance: letting go of being cool and always in control ER -