Is It Necessary?

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I think we have this magical notion that like, if we're deeply in love, we'll just get each other and we'll just connect. And that's just not how it works, right? Like, we have different ways of approaching conflict. We have different emotional expression levels. Some people are under emotors where they don't express that much emotion. Others are over emotors, where they're like an open book. They have no poker face. If you never create explicit space to talk about that, it's really easy to accidentally buldoze over each other's feelings.

Humans: we've got Big Feelings. From happiness to regret, delight to frustration, we all experience a rollercoaster of emotions. But while it's become more acceptable to talk about and even embrace them, it still feels like there is a stigma around admitting that you're grappling with a less-than-positive feeling. Mollie West Duffy (Chris’s wife!) and Liz Fosslien (not Chris’s wife!) are the co-authors of two celebrated books about feelings, “No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions At Work” and “Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay.” In this episode, they share thoughtful insights on the across-the-board importance of talking about our emotions as well as offer tips on how to identify, manage, and learn from the big feelings that make us all human.