Summary

Making meaningful change is a process that can be both uncomfortable and risky. However, we must ask ourselves: "What is the greater risk? Letting go of that people think or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and who I am?" (125). Brown doesn't think of this book as self-help, but as "an invitation to join a Wholehearted revolution" (126). This is a movement "fueled by the freedom that comes when we stop pretending everything is okay when it isn't" and "where we can take to the streets with our messy, imperfect, wild, stretch-marked, wonderful, heartbreaking, grace-filled, and joyful lives" (126). In our current world, "choosing authenticity and worthiness is an absolute act of resistance" (126).

Analysis

Brown's final thoughts summarize and define the concept of Wholehearted Living and invites readers to join her Wholehearted revolution. Although she acknowledges that change can be uncomfortable and...