
Named after Brown’s most recent book, the series appears to follow an Oprah-like talk-show format, with Brown speaking before a studio audience with occasional guests.

“If you understand the connection between how people think, feel, and behave, you understand everything.” “Language is the greatest portal that we have,” Brown says in the pilot of her new HBO Max series, “Atlas of the Heart,” shown at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival. In a world where we scroll to find the right GIF or emoji for a social media post, best-selling author and researcher Brené Brown wants to give us the words to express ourselves better. Atlas of the Heart draws on this research, as well as on Brown's singular skills as a storyteller, to show us how accurately naming an experience doesn't give the experience more power-it gives us the power of understanding, meaning, and choice.īrown shares, "I want this book to be an atlas for all of us, because I believe that, with an adventurous heart and the right maps, we can travel anywhere and never fear losing ourselves.Year: 2022 Runtime: 40 minutes Director: Paul Dugdale Written by: Brené Brown Showrunner: Meaghan Rady Executive Producers: Brené Brown Jesse Ignjatovic Evan Prager Barb Bialkowski Jared Morell Meaghan Rady Starring: Brené Brown By Valerie Kalfrin Over the past two decades, Brown's extensive research into the experiences that make us who we are has shaped the cultural conversation and helped define what it means to be courageous with our lives.

As she maps the necessary skills and an actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances-a universe where we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and most heartbreaking moments with one another in a way that builds connection. In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through eighty-seven of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. This is the framework for meaningful connection."ĭon't miss the five-part HBO Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart! #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In her latest book, Brené Brown writes, "If we want to find the way back to ourselves and one another, we need language and the grounded confidence to both tell our stories and be stewards of the stories that we hear.
