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Getting ready for the recap of the preface of 'The gifts of imperfection' in 'Ann reads Brené Brown'

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Ann reads Brené Brown - Gifts of imperfection: let's set the frame!

It is my plan to read all of the books of Brené Brown over the summer and give you a recap of each chapter of each book, starting with 'The gifts of imperfection'.

Why am I doing this? Well, I got the idea from the blog of Jenny Trout (http://jennytrout.com) who took on the mission of reading the three books of the 50 shades trilogy. Where her perspective was to give her readers a recap so they did not have to read the actual books, I actually want to do the opposite and give you a taste of the books of Brené Brown to encourage you to read them yourself. Let if be clear from the start that I really love the concept of wholeheartedness and I find Brené Brown very inspiring both as a person and a writer, so no bashing will happen here! If that is what you are looking for, this is the wrong blog for you!  

Beside hoping to inspire you to read the books yourself I am also doing preparation work for future professional use since I have taken on the challenge to translate wholehearted living into wholehearted learning together with my colleague Julia. This means that we think that we as non-formal educators also need the concept of wholeheartedness in our work with young people and educators and we want to translate it in such a way that wholeheartedness becomes useful and usable for non-formal learners. The step from wholehearted living to wholehearted learning might not be a big step for human kind but it could be a big step for non-formal education and that is what we want to try out. So in every post I will also make the link between wholehearted living and learning. I will give you a sign when that part is coming up so if you are only interested in the actual book you can go and read that instead of reading my educator insights.

Then I just need to tell you that I also took the e-course on the gifts of imperfection so I will be using some of the graphics and material from that too to make things a bit more interesting and visual. 

Well, I think we are ready now to get started and to move to the preface of  the gifts if imperfection! Looking  forward to the journey together and please feel free to comment at any time!