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== Introduction ==

 

📘 '''''Braving the Wilderness''''' (2017) is a nonfiction book by {{Tooltip|Brené Brown}}, published by {{Tooltip|Random House}}, that argues “true belonging” means being who you are while staying connected to others.<ref name="PRH2017">{{cite web |title=Braving the Wilderness: Reese's Book Club |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/234254/braving-the-wilderness-reeses-book-club-by-brene-brown-phd-msw/ |website=Penguin Random House |publisher=Penguin Random House |access-date=27 October 2025}}</ref> Brown blends long-running social-work research with personal storytelling and maps four practices of belonging intended for everyday use.<ref name="PRH2017" /> The voice is direct and pragmatic; one trade review called it “an enthusiastic, practical guide” to building connection across difference.<ref name="Kirkus2017">{{cite web |title=BRAVING THE WILDERNESS |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/brene-brown-1/braving-the-wilderness/ |website=Kirkus Reviews |publisher=Kirkus Media |date=2 September 2017 |access-date=27 October 2025}}</ref> It was selected as {{Tooltip|Reese’s Book Club}}’s January 2018 pick.<ref name="RBC2018">{{cite web |title=Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone |url=https://reesesbookclub.com/book/braving-the-wilderness-the-quest-for-true-belonging-and-the-courage-to-stand-alone/ |website=Reese’s Book Club |publisher=Hello Sunshine |access-date=27 October 2025}}</ref> The publisher lists it as a #1 ''{{Tooltip|New York Times}}'' bestseller, and it reached #2 on ''{{Tooltip|Publishers Weekly}}’’’s Hardcover Nonfiction list for the week of 25 September 2017.<ref name="PRH2017" /><ref name="PWNielsen2017">{{cite web |title=Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lists — Hardcover Nonfiction |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/nielsen/HardcoverNonfiction/20171016.html |website=Publishers Weekly |publisher=PWxyz, LLC |date=16 October 2017 |access-date=27 October 2025}}</ref>

 

== Chapters ==

 

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== Background & reception ==

 

🌍 '''Impact & adoption'''. The title was a {{Tooltip|Reese’s Book Club}} selection in January 2018, signaling broad popular reach beyond Brown’s core audience.<ref name="RBC2018" /> Around publication, Brown delivered “Braving the Wilderness” talks at major organizations—including {{Tooltip|Target}} (11 September 2017) and {{Tooltip|Microsoft}} (21 September 2017)—indicating early corporate uptake of the book’s themes.<ref name="UHCV2022">{{cite web |title=Brené Brown, Ph.D., MSW — Curriculum Vitae |url=https://www.uh.edu/socialwork/about/faculty-directory/b-brown/cv_brenebrown3.23.2022.pdf |website=University of Houston |publisher=University of Houston |access-date=27 October 2025}}</ref> The book has been assigned in university courses such as Social Work syllabi at the {{Tooltip|University of Texas at Austin}} (Summer 2024), showing curricular adoption.<ref name="UTSyllabus2024">{{cite web |title=SW f327 Human Behavior and the Social Environment — Syllabus (Summer 2024) |url=https://syllabi.socialwork.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SW-f327-87560-Human-Behavior-and-the-Social-Environment-Summer-2024-Bishop_BSW1.pdf |website=Steve Hicks School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin |publisher=University of Texas at Austin |date=6 June 2024 |access-date=27 October 2025}}</ref> Brown also discussed the book’s ideas on national television, including a ''{{Tooltip|CBS This Morning}}'' segment in 2017.<ref name="CBS2017">{{cite web |title=Author Brené Brown on why echo chambers breed loneliness |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/author-brene-brown-on-why-echo-chambers-breed-loneliness/ |website=CBS News |publisher=CBS |date=12 September 2017 |access-date=27 October 2025}}</ref>

 

 

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