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Building Community is More Than Making Friends
Last week, my good friend text me a picture of Jennie Allen’s newest book Find Your People. I instantly started reading. It’s a short book—about 200 pages—and it dives into a lot of issues I’ve faced over the past couple of years, particularly with building community. I’ve always been more of an introvert than an…
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5 Ways to Be More Original, lessons from Adam Grant
I only read about half of Adam Grant’s Originals before I knew it was a must-read. My previous perceptions of creativity and work were challenged in the first chapter. Adam Grant is one of my favorites already. I regularly listen to his podcast Worklife and follow his Twitter, so when I picked up his book…
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Mapping emotions: Thoughts on Atlas of the Heart
I read Brene Brown’s Atlas of the Heart the first week of 2022. I’m a huge fan of Brene’s work; I regularly listen to her podcasts and I’ve read three of her books. Atlas was unlike any of her other work. A cross between an encyclopedia and an atlas, Brene maps emotions across the coffee-table-worthy…
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How to Beat Stress, Book Review of Burnout
In Burnout, Emily and Amelia Nagoski explore the ways humans deal with excess stress. Here’s what I learned!
Halle Brown 