11 Top psychology books like You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience by Tarana Burke

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You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

By: Tarana Burke

4.52

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organisers, artis…

"The truth always needs a resting place or it will lie down wherever it sees fit."

-Tarana Burke, You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

"The truth always needs a resting place or it will lie down wherever it sees fit."

-Tarana Burke, You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

"At the time, the whispers to keep silent and appear normal were deafening. And so we did. There is no blame here. We were just trying to survive. (Where the Truth Rests)"

-Tarana Burke, You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

"At the time, the whispers to keep silent and appear normal were deafening. And so we did. There is no blame here. We were just trying to survive. (Where the Truth Rests)"

-Tarana Burke, You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

If you liked the psychology plot in You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience by Tarana Burke , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

By: Brené Brown

4.13

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A timely and important book that challenges everything we think we k… read more

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  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Joy is probably the most vulnerable emotion we experience in our lives."

-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

"Lying is a defiance of the truth. Bullshitting is a wholesale dismissal of the truth."

-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

"When we're suffering, may of us are better at causing pain than feeling it. We spread hurt rather than let it inside."

-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

"(Quoting Viola Davis) I will not be a mystery to my daughter. She will know me and I will share my stories with her—the stories of failure, shame, and accomplishment. She will know she’s not alone in…"

-Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

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2. The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

By: Brené Brown

5.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

New York Times best-selling author and professor Brene Brown offers a powerful and inspiring book t… read more

Similar categories in Brené Brown's The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are book and Tarana Burke's You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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3. The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connections and Courage

By: Brené Brown

3.59

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Show Up and Let Yourself be Seen Is vulnerability the same as weakness? "In our culture," teaches … read more

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  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help

4. Rising Strong as a Spiritual Practice

By: Brené Brown

4.11

Format: 500 pages, Audio CD

With her previous bestsellers, Dr. Brene Brown helped us realize that vulnerability is the birthpla… read more

Similar categories in Brené Brown's Rising Strong as a Spiritual Practice book and Tarana Burke's You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

5. I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual

By: Luvvie Ajayi Jones

3.37

Format: 414 pages,

Comedian, activist, and hugely popular culture blogger at AwesomelyLuvvie.com, Luvvie Ajayi, serves… read more

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6. Rising Strong

By: Brené Brown

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The physics of vulnerability is simple: If we are brave enough often enough, we will fall. The auth… read more

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7. Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

By: Ibram X. Kendi

4.57

Format: 504 pages, Hardcover

An epoch-defining history of African America, the first to appear in a generation, Four Hundred Sou… read more

Similar categories in Ibram X. Kendi's Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 book and Tarana Burke's You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

  • race
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • essays
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
"Black people will always find each other in the passage between death and America"

-Ibram X. Kendi, Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

"And again we confront the problem of history: it's usually the powerful who get to write it."

-Ibram X. Kendi, Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

"Z is for zealotry: national pride like an infinite zipline, hyperdrive, the fastest way down."

-Ibram X. Kendi, Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

"There's dust, a scratch in a groove, and here we are repeating the same two seconds of "Strange Fruit."

-Ibram X. Kendi, Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

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8. What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

By: Bruce D. Perry

4.44

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the road, and What Happened to You? provides powe… read more

Similar categories in Bruce D. Perry's What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing book and Tarana Burke's You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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9. Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

By: Nedra Glover Tawwab

4.28

Format: 282 pages, ebook

End the struggle, speak up for what you need, and experience the freedom of being truly yourself. … read more

Similar categories in Nedra Glover Tawwab's Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself book and Tarana Burke's You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"We don't naturally fall into perfect relationship; we create them"

-Nedra Glover Tawwab, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

"I’m not doing this to disrespect you. I’m doing this to respect myself."

-Nedra Glover Tawwab, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

"Assume that people know only what you tell them, honor only what you request, and can't read your mind."

-Nedra Glover Tawwab, Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself

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10. The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

By: Sonya Renee Taylor

4.23

Format: 137 pages, Paperback

A global movement guided by love. Humans are a varied and divergent bunch with all manner of bel… read more

Similar categories in Sonya Renee Taylor's The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love book and Tarana Burke's You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

  • self help
  • race
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
"There is gorgeous potential and heinous instinct in us all."

-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

"Being different is difficult in a world that tells us there is a "normal."

-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

"The most powerful antidote to a world of body terrorism is a world of compassion. Giving yourself the gift of grace is an act of revolution!"

-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

"Systems do not maintain themselves; even our lack of intervention is an act of maintenance. Every structure in every society is upheld by the active and passive assistance of other human beings."

-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

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11. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

By: Stephanie Foo

4.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Foo's What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma book and Tarana Burke's You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

  • self help
  • memoir
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. Worthy

By: Jada Pinkett Smith

3.64

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir from global superstar and creator… read more

Similar categories in Jada Pinkett Smith's Worthy book and Tarana Burke's You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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13. Finding Me

By: Viola Davis

4.55

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-cha… read more

Similar categories in Viola Davis's Finding Me book and Tarana Burke's You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

  • race
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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14. Thicker than Water: A Memoir

By: Kerry Washington

3.87

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning actor, director, producer, and activist Kerry Washington shares the "exquisitely movi… read more

Similar categories in Kerry Washington's Thicker than Water: A Memoir book and Tarana Burke's You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • audiobook
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15. Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto

By: Tricia Hersey

4.08

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitali… read more

Similar categories in Tricia Hersey's Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto book and Tarana Burke's You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

  • self help
  • race
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
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16. I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

By: Austin Channing Brown

4.38

Format: 185 pages, Hardcover

From a powerful new voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of growing up Black, Christian,… read more

Similar categories in Austin Channing Brown's I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness book and Tarana Burke's You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

  • race
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
"I am not a priest for the white soul."

-Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

"Rare is the ministry praying that they would be worthy of the giftedness of Black minds and hearts."

-Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

"This is the shadow of hope. Knowing that we may never see the realization of our dreams, and yet still showing up."

-Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

"Reconciliation is the pursuit of the impossible - and upside-down world where those who are powerful have relinquished that power to the margins"

-Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

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17. My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts

By: Resmaa Menakem

4.40

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trau… read more

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  • race
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • anti racist
  • self help
"At its best, activism is a form of healing. It is about what we do and how we show up in the world. It is about learning and expressing regard, compassion and love."

-Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts

"In today's America, we tend to think of healing as something binary: either we're broken or we've healed from that brokenness. But that's not how healing operates, and it's almost never how human gro…"

-Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts

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18. Dare to Lead

By: Brené Brown

4.18

Format: 332 pages, ebook

In her #1 NYT bestsellers, Brené Brown taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong and bra… read more

Similar categories in Brené Brown's Dare to Lead book and Tarana Burke's You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
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19. You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

By: Tarana Burke

4.52

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

Tarana Burke and Dr. Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organisers, artis… read more

Similar categories in Tarana Burke's You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience book and Tarana Burke's You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

  • self help
  • race
  • memoir
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • essays
  • anti racist
  • audiobook
"The truth always needs a resting place or it will lie down wherever it sees fit."

-Tarana Burke, You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

"At the time, the whispers to keep silent and appear normal were deafening. And so we did. There is no blame here. We were just trying to survive. (Where the Truth Rests)"

-Tarana Burke, You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

"Dangerous is the woman who can give herself what she used to seek from others. Limitless is the woman who dares to name herself. The way I see it, shame cannot oppress what acceptance has already cla…"

-Tarana Burke, You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

"Systems of white supremacy teach us shame because they have no guilt. Rejecting shame for Black lives means rejecting individual responsibility for structural failures. (Unlearning Shame and Remember…"

-Tarana Burke, You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

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20. Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit

By: Mary-Frances Winters

4.43

Format: 236 pages, Paperback

This is the first book to define and explore Black fatigue, the intergenerational impact of systemi… read more

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  • self help
  • race
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • anti racist
  • audiobook

16 Top audiobook books like You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience by Tarana Burke

Transform Your Habits

Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

Brené Brown

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

Brené Brown

5.00

Transform Your Habits

The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connections and Courage

Brené Brown

3.59

Transform Your Habits

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

Ibram X. Kendi

4.57

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17 Top audiobook books like Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi

Transform Your Habits

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

4.53

Transform Your Habits

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

Ibram X. Kendi

4.57

Transform Your Habits

King: A Life

Jonathan Eig

4.67

Transform Your Habits

Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

Michael Harriot

4.59

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