Atlas of the Heart: Difference between revisions

📘 '''''{{Tooltip|Atlas of the Heart}}''''' is a 2021 nonfiction book by {{Tooltip|Brené Brown}} that maps 87 emotions and experiences and offers a research-based framework for meaningful connection.<ref name="PRH2021" /> It gathers those ideas into 13 “places we go” groupings and argues that expanding our emotional vocabulary strengthens relationships, drawing on surveys of 7,000 people in which most could name only three emotions as they occurred.<ref name="TIME20211123">{{cite news |title=Brené Brown Thinks You Should Talk About These 87 Emotions |url=https://time.com/6122081/brene-brown-atlas-of-the-heart/ |work=Time |date=23 November 2021 |access-date=28 October 2025 |last=Luscombe |first=Belinda}}</ref> The prose blends social-science findings with storytelling and uses graphic devices—including comic-style panels—to make distinctions (such as shame vs. guilt) easy to grasp.<ref name="TIME20211123" /> The first hardcover edition was published by {{Tooltip|Random House}} on 30 November 2021 and runs 336 pages.<ref name="OCLC1266361020" /> It debuted at #1 on {{Tooltip|Publishers Weekly}}’s Nielsen Hardcover Nonfiction list dated 13 December 2021.<ref name="PWNielsen20220627">{{cite web |title=Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lists—Hardcover Nonfiction |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/nielsen/HardcoverNonfiction/20220627.html |website=Publishers Weekly |publisher=PWxyz, LLC |date=27 June 2022 |access-date=28 October 2025}}</ref> The book was also adapted into a five-episode {{Tooltip|HBO Max}} docuseries that premiered in March 2022.<ref name="BrownHBO202203">{{cite web |title=HBO Max Presents Atlas of the Heart |url=https://brenebrown.com/hbo-max-presents-brene-brown-atlas-of-the-heart/ |website=Brené Brown |publisher=Brené Brown |date=March 2022 |access-date=28 October 2025}}</ref>

🌍 '''Impact & adoption'''. {{Tooltip|HBO Max}} ordered an unscripted docuseries based on the book in October 2021, extending the project to the screen.<ref name="WBDPress20211007">{{cite web |title=HBO Max Orders Docuseries BRENÉ BROWN: ATLAS OF THE HEART From Dr. Brené Brown |url=https://press.wbd.com/us/media-release/hbo-max/hbo-max-orders-unscripted-series-atlas-heart-dr-brene-brown |website=Warner Bros. Discovery Pressroom |publisher=Warner Bros. Discovery |date=7 October 2021 |access-date=28 October 2025}}</ref> The five-episode series premiered in March 2022 and screened at {{Tooltip|SXSW}} on 11 March 2022.<ref name="BrownHBO202203" /><ref name="SXSW20220311">{{cite web |title=Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart—SXSW Schedule |url=https://schedule.sxsw.com/2022/events/FS14892 |website=SXSW |publisher=SXSW |date=11 March 2022 |access-date=28 October 2025}}</ref> In higher-education and adult-learning settings, the material has been used in coursework and book-study programs, including an {{Tooltip|Arizona State University}} syllabus referencing the series and an {{Tooltip|Osher Lifelong Learning Institute}} course built around the book in Fall 2025.<ref name="ASUSyllabus2025">{{cite web |title=SWU 250 Online Syllabus (Spring A 2025) |url=https://webapp4.asu.edu/bookstore/viewsyllabus/2251/17542/pdf |website=Arizona State University |publisher=Arizona State University |date=2025 |access-date=28 October 2025}}</ref><ref name="OLLIDU2025">{{cite web |title=Using Emotional Understanding to Improve Communication — Based on Brené Brown’s Atlas of the Heart (Syllabus) |url=https://ollidenver.du.edu/duolli/configuration/duolli/content/usingemotionalunderstandingtoimprove.pdf |website=Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Denver |publisher=University of Denver |date=October 2025 |access-date=28 October 2025}}</ref>