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Brené Brown
Personal blog · brenebrown.com/bloghealthculture
Brené Brown's personal blog at brenebrown.com covers health and culture. Since 2020, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-05-13, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers point to Brené Brown's site for her books on vulnerability and emotions, such as The Power of Vulnerability and Atlas of the Heart, often suggested as audiobooks.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Brené Brown is a researcher and storyteller who’s spent two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy.
What Hacker News says?
I would encourage you to spend time in those spaces with no intention to interact. Just go and spend time observing your thoughts and feelings. If you feel like you don't have much vocabulary for your emotions, two book I really recommend are Brene Brown's "Atlas of the Heart" [1], where a researcher names, describes, and compares the various emotions, and "The Emotion Thesaurus" [2], a writer's guide that includes…
Comment linking /book/atlas-of-the-heart/
on “Ask HN: If you used to be socially awkward and shy, how did you improve?”Submitted The Midlife Unraveling (2018) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionJim Collins talked about this once: > You were talking about the values. And one of the things that is interesting, because I’m a very audio person, as we mentioned earlier as you and I were chatting, I was listening to Dare to Lead while I was driving and looking at Haystack Mountain here in North Boulder. One of the reasons I like audio books is because I like to be able to connect ideas to physically where I was…
Comment linking /podcast/brene-with-jim-collins-on-curiosity-generosity-and-the-hedgehog/
on “The positive effect of walking on creative thinking (2014) [pdf]”Submitted The Midlife Unraveling (2018) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionbrother, crack open a damn Brene-brown audiobook about vulnerability. https://brenebrown.com/book/the-power-of-vulnerability/ Never feeling qualified, feeling like a screw-up for attending college in your 30's... these are stories you've made up in your head for how people gauge your worth. close your eyes and think about where you want to be sitting in 5 years, work your way backwards, and start checking boxes...
Comment linking /book/the-power-of-vulnerability/
on “Ask HN: Messed up my education, now 30 and regretting it. What to do?”You seem to be off to a good start; being open and willing to learn is an important trait of great leaders. Have you reflected on what do you feel is challenging wrt to leading and motivate people? It could be psych safety on the team, your communication style, unclear mission, lack of purpose, high turnover, newly formed team, etc, etc. It's easier when you have 1-2 areas that you know you need to get better at, an…
Comment linking /hubs/dare-to-lead/
on “Ask HN: Books / Resources on Leadership / Management”