Introduction

Imagine you’re stumbling around(move clumsily or uncertainly, often due to unfamiliarity with surroundings) in the dark, in an unfamiliar city, trying to find your way to a bright light twinkling on a distant hill. You see dark shapes that you think you recognize(know), but you’re not quite sure what they are. You know you want to get to that light, but the way there involves crossing deep gorges(a narrow steep-sided valley) and climbing menacing(dangerous) hills. And there’s no clear path in sight.

You might feel lost like this – without a clear sense of where you really are in your emotional landscape. You might struggle (do something with difficulty) to even name your feelings. Or to understand feelings that come on strongly. Like why is it that that particular person always pushes your buttons(to say or do something that upsets or angers someone)? Is there a deeper meaning to the emotions that you’re feeling, or is it just a sign that you need to get some rest?

You want to understand, but the answers to those questions lie just out of reach, in that foggy darkness. And in your search for answers, you’re rocked by emotions, blown off course, left feeling lost and bewildered(confused), and sometimes in despair(loss of hope). You know you want to get to a place where you feel grounded(emotionally and mentally stable), and content(happy) – but it seems elusive(hard to reach), like that bright light on the hill: always around that next bend, never coming closer in view.

Nowadays, it’s becoming more common to talk about emotions. Talk shows now use words like “trauma” regularly, and we can talk about experiences of vulnerability(being easily hurt) and depression much more openly than we used to. But do we really understand what these words mean? Can we recognize the difference between joy and happiness? What about shame and guilt?

We still have so much to learn about emotions. And that’s where Brené Brown comes in: she’s able to offer clarity on the things that shape our lives.

In this book summary, we’ll gain some orientation of our emotional landscapes with an atlas – the Atlas of the Heart. We’ll learn how to start navigating(dealing with) our feelings with more nuance(details) and more clarity. So, let’s get into it!

In these chapters, you’ll learn

why hopelessness and despair are the most dangerous emotions you can experience;

How understanding your emotions will transform(change) your relationships; and

why happiness and joy are not the same.

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Atlas of the heart

❤️imagine: تصور کردن

❤️stumble around: تلو تلو خوردن

❤️unfamiliar: نا آشنا

❤️distant: دور

❤️recognize: شناختن

❤️gorge: دره

❤️menacing: خطرناک

❤️landscape: منظره

❤️struggle: کشمکش کردن

❤️name: نام بردن

❤️push someone's buttons: کسی رو عصبانی کردن

❤️lie: قرار گرفتن

❤️bewildered: گیج

❤️despair: یاس

❤️to feel grounded: حس ثبات و آرامش داشتن

❤️content: راضی

❤️elusive: دور از دسترس

❤️vulnerability: آسیب پذیری

❤️joy: خوشی

❤️navigate: دست و پنجه نرم کردن

❤️nuance: ظرافت

❤️transform: تغییر شکل دادن