Atlas of the Heart

I don't love Brown's style (especially when she gets a bit autobiographical) but I do like her overall message. I found myself enjoying this book closer to the end. I liked what she said about anxiety being ‘both a trait and a state'. I said ‘duh' aloud a few times during this book but I have a background in psych and work in ABA so I may not be the general audience.

She talks about ‘protecting the flame' a metaphor I get but don't love. The schools I've worked in use what I assume is an equivalent metaphor of bucket filler for mood/energy. People can be bucket fillers or bucket dippers, you can affect your own bucket as well others.