Sally Kohn: I could see someone reading the book and wondering, you know, if we need more melancholy in a world that seems to be full of anxiety and depression these days. And yet, there is this state of a kind of like happy and productive melancholy. Can you help explain that?Kohn: Yeah, absolutely. One of the things that I'm hoping the book will do is give a little nudge to the field of psychology about needing to make this distinction because they are different.
About Susan Cain
Susan Cain is the New York Times bestselling author of Quiet, which changed how the world views introverts forever, and a her latest book, Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole, which reached #1 on the New York Times list. Susan is also an award-winning keynote speaker who has delivered two TED Talks with millions of views and the founder of Quiet Revolution.
Susan joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to discuss how she began her writing career, her writing process, the value of bittersweet feelings and thinking, and how to fight toxic positivity in work and life.
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