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As we awaken to our own indoctrinated body shame, we feel inspired to awaken others and to interrupt the systems that perpetuate body shame and oppression against all bodies. When we act from this truth on a global scale, we usher in the transformative opportunity of radical self-love, which is the opportunity for a more just, equitable, and compassionate world--for us all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tara's Tomes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42654199808085,"sku":"bodpapN12","price":8.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/3146\/2229\/files\/body.jpg?v=1782589950"},{"product_id":"daring-greatly","title":"Daring Greatly","description":"\u003cp\u003eResearcher and thought leader Dr. Brené Brown offers a powerful new vision that encourages us to dare greatly: to embrace vulnerability and imperfection, to live wholeheartedly, and to courageously engage in our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.” —Theodore Roosevelt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery day we experience the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable, or to dare greatly. Whether the arena is a new relationship, an important meeting, our creative process, or a difficult family conversation, we must find the courage to walk into vulnerability and engage with our whole hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-redactor-tag=\"i\"\u003eDaring Greatly\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Brown challenges everything we think we know about vulnerability. Based on twelve years of research, she argues that vulnerability is not weakness, but rather our clearest path to courage, engagement, and meaningful connection. The book that Dr. Brown’s many fans have been waiting for,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-redactor-tag=\"i\"\u003eDaring Greatly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewill spark a new spirit of truth—and trust—in our organizations, families, schools, and communities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tara's Tomes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42654200266837,"sku":"darpapN12","price":8.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/3146\/2229\/files\/daringgreat.jpg?v=1782590179"},{"product_id":"you-only-live-twice","title":"You Only Live Twice","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if the labels that were supposed to define you—daughter, wife, mother, Catholic, lesbian—were the very things keeping you from being whole?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the moment Jay DeFazio wrapped a towel around his waist like his dad instead of under his armpits like his mom, something felt off. Through decades of Catholic guilt, forced femininity, a volatile marriage, and desperate attempts to fit into boxes that were never the right shape, Jay searched for answers to a question he didn't yet know how to ask.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem data-redactor-tag=\"em\"\u003eYou Only Live Twice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the unflinching story of a life lived in two genders—first as someone trying to meet everyone else's expectations, then as the man Jay always knew himself to be. With raw honesty and unexpected humor, Jay chronicles the confusion of childhood crushes on female teachers, the suffocating weight of wedding dresses and gender roles, the darkness of psychiatric hospitals and addiction, and the terror and relief of finally speaking an unspeakable truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a memoir about survival and transformation, about the price of living inauthentically and the courage it takes to claim your own life. 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Several themes are evident: \"Beginnings,\" dealing with family; \"Body Issues\"; \"Family and Relationships,\" covering life without a lover, self-insemination, and motherhood; \"Speaking Actions, Living Words,\" which examines self-acceptance and lesbian pride; and \"Power and Coalition,\" which demonstrates the rising importance of the lesbian community. 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