We can never walk in someone’s proverbial shoes. The implication of this is that there’s no way to read emotion in others. It’s called a feeling because it occurs in our body (biology), it is filtered through our socialization (biography) and it needs to be viewed through the lens of context (backstory) in order for us to interpret the individual behavior motivated by it.
What emerged from the data, as Brené often says, was that emotion is made up of four factors: biology, biography, behavior, and backstory. Brown’s solution to this lack of emotional attunement was to pull together a research team of professionals within the mental health field to distill down the most fundamental basic emotions we all experience and to define them. A pretty sobering statistic that she pokes fun at by quizzing the audience on how much time they spend trying to find just the right emoji while composing a text message. On average the participants could only name three feelings: sad, mad, and glad. This work began for her by asking 7,000 participants to identify what they were feeling as they were experiencing those feelings. Sounds pretty straightforward right? Let’s just say that there isn’t a feelings wheel on the planet that’ll help prepare you for what you’ll learn from Brown’s astounding research. Human beings are fundamentally feeling creatures that think, and if we don’t have the correct words to express what we are experiencing, we cannot make meaningful connections with ourselves or others.
#BRENE BROWN ATLAS OF THE HEART SERIES#
The central question posited at the outset of the series is “how do we cultivate meaningful connection with ourselves and each other?” While it’s daunting to try to distill five hours and 18.5 pages of notes down to one article, I wanted to provide a summary that would encourage people to watch the series.
#BRENE BROWN ATLAS OF THE HEART HOW TO#
It brilliantly teaches the observer how to identify and name 30 emotions through the use of movie/TV clips, storytelling and the down to earth humor that fans have come to know and love about Brené. It may sound hyperbolic to say, but I truly believe that every human being should watch this five part series. When I saw that HBO would be making a docuseries of Atlas, I squealed with glee and started counting down the days until its release. I have read every one of her books, seen her TED talks ad infinitum, watched her Netflix special “The Call to Courage” at least four times and listened to all of the episodes of her two podcasts, “Unlocking Us'” and “Dare to Lead.” I was on the advanced pre-sale list when her new book “Atlas of the Heart” came out and am slightly embarrassed at how marked up and highlighted my copy is.
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