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You Are Us: How to Build Bridges in a Polarized World Paperback – January 18, 2023

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The Perils of Polarization and How Self-Liberation Transforms Leadership

Through candid accounts of stereotypically vilified individuals—a jihadist, gang member, and white supremacist—as well as additional interviews with people who have been equally cruel and those who have experienced profound victimization, we learn how rigorous inner work can shift even deeply polarized social issues for the better. Piercing the often unconscious and destructive patterns that arise from a legacy of abuse gives rise to a clear leadership methodology, one that heals individuals across racial, political, social, and cultural divides.

These stories of reckoning with trauma, pain, and socialized identity reveal how inner change can affect societal reconciliation; how it in fact directly transforms community, workplace culture, and society as a whole.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ River Grove Books (January 18, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 246 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 163299612X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1632996121
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.62 x 9 inches
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Gareth Gwyn is committed to establishing a new global vision of leadership founded on self-inquiry and restorative practices. She is the founder of Let’s See Labs, an organization that produces films, writing, and cross-platform workshops that facilitate sociocultural transformation at the individual level through embracing creative polarity. Gareth earned her MA in Digital Communication at the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Do you believe we are separate beings or connected in unity? If it’s the first, there’s nothing to do but pointing and hand wringing. If the latter, then we must do some internal work, and this book will guide us. Where are we not in peace? Who can we forgive in our own lives? What can be excavated from our own shadows and be met with love? Because when you start with the premise that we’re all connected, that internal work IS what will bring peace to the entire world.
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P. F. Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars It’s up to us
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2023
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Do you believe we are separate beings or connected in unity? If it’s the first, there’s nothing to do but pointing and hand wringing. If the latter, then we must do some internal work, and this book will guide us. Where are we not in peace? Who can we forgive in our own lives? What can be excavated from our own shadows and be met with love? Because when you start with the premise that we’re all connected, that internal work IS what will bring peace to the entire world.
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P. F. Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars It’s up to us
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2023
Do you believe we are separate beings or connected in unity? If it’s the first, there’s nothing to do but pointing and hand wringing. If the latter, then we must do some internal work, and this book will guide us. Where are we not in peace? Who can we forgive in our own lives? What can be excavated from our own shadows and be met with love? Because when you start with the premise that we’re all connected, that internal work IS what will bring peace to the entire world.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for Those Looking for Inner Peace
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2023
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Gareth Gwyn has penned a beautifully crafted read supported by enthralling real life stories of grief, reckoning and enlightenment that encourage the reader to explore their past in order to heal and resolve their own trauma. Gwyn explores the dynamics of victim and oppressor, and shows us how we can step outside of each role in order to meet at a crossroads of love, respect and forgiveness.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Missed the obvious.
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2023
I think this book would be a better example of childhood traumas that evolve to other forms of hatred and self-harm. These stories focus on a young individual that lacked proper love and guidance that ended up hating people as an adult. Eventually they realized they were wrong and corrected course.

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C Ganson
5.0 out of 5 stars A Call for Personal Responsibility Unlike Any Other
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2023
Through a series of incredibly moving stories and broader analysis, Gareth’s book illustrates the value of taking radical, personal responsibility for one’s life.

This is a daring proposition in some sense, because we live in a world that has forever been largely committed to the continued creation of an us vs. them / victim vs. oppressor duality - and I have played my role in this commitment!

Part of the brilliance of this book is the illustration of how this duality manifests at the personal, somatic, and cellular level, whereby we are invited into empathizing with the deeper motivations that originally led someone into blaming the external world for their pain.

We get the chance to see that no matter where someone came from, and how distinct their story might be, their original need to protect themselves from feeling pain through mechanisms such as blame and disconnecting from their body, is one of the most important universal threads that connects us all.

Gareth fearlessly demonstrates how choosing to then step back into connection with oneself - no matter what might need to be felt and accepted - is a real path towards dissolving the us vs. them tensions that manifest at the level of socialized identity.

I would strongly recommend this book to anyone who is curious about deepening their relationship to themselves and the world around them.
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John Davis
5.0 out of 5 stars An accessible primer on our capacity for self-transformation
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2023
This book is about so much more than becoming a better leader.

The stories told present a cast of characters we might, on the surface, find odious, and invites us to look more closely at their humanity, and at the aspects of ourselves mirrored in them. Through witnessing the real life transformations they experience, we are then invited into our own inquiries of conditioned inner disownments, and the outward distortions these can create in how we show up in the world.

In plain language we are guided towards big truths to be discovered about ourselves. These can become tools for use in any interaction, especially in times where we feel in tension or conflict.

Yes, that opens new possibilities for how we might show up as leaders, but also for how we show up for ourselves, and in all our other relationships as well.

Don't hesitate to give this one a read. You won't regret it, and if you're open to it, it just might change you.
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Aida Courtenay-Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars What Our World Needs More Of
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2023
“You Are Us” is one of the only books I’ve read that has the power to bring “opposing sides” of our society together into one while also stating a clear message that is reflected through a plethora of perspectives and stories.

This is a must read for anybody curious about developing their knowledge and vocabulary when it comes to dealing with political, social, and cultural divides in a way that aims to connect beyond blind positive harmony.

Gwyn highlights practical systematic methods for achieving conscious responsiveness to external challenges that everyone can benefit from one way or another.
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Verenice
5.0 out of 5 stars The other is the internal mirror of humanity
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2023
Gareth invites us to notice our shared humanity and through this lens we begin to appreciate the ways in which we can come together in spite of any divisions that may exist and find ways to heal and liberate ourselves.
This greater understanding can then be used to bridge gaps, break down barriers, and build bridges of understanding and respect. By doing so, we can move towards using our collective strengths and knowledge to create a better future for all.
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Kathryn Proctor
5.0 out of 5 stars Timely, Relevant, Universal
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2023
This book is a unique, informative, research based approach answering the question, "how do we solve the culture divide?" You will be challenged to both question and re-establish your deeply entrenched values. I would highly recommend this book to any person or organization.
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