You Are Your Best Thing

Outline

You Are Your Best Thing (2021) is a collection of essays by Black writers, artists, and activists reflecting on vulnerability, shame, resilience, and belonging. Edited by Tarana Burke and Brené Brown, the book explores how people can heal, reclaim their worth, and build connection in the face of hardship and injustice. The contributors share honest personal stories that encourage courage and self-acceptance.

• The book gathers essays by Black writers, artists, and activists who reflect on vulnerability, shame, resilience, and belonging.
• Tarana Burke and Brené Brown edited the collection, which was published in 2021.
• Contributors tell honest personal stories to show how people can heal and reclaim their sense of worth.
• The essays suggest that connection with other people can grow even in the face of hardship and injustice.
• Sharing real experience is presented as a way to encourage courage and self-acceptance.

Tarana Burke and Brené Brown bring together activism and research on human connection. Burke is an American activist known for her decades of work supporting survivors of abuse, and Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston who studies courage, vulnerability, and shame. Brown’s other books include Daring Greatly and Atlas of the Heart.