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Emotions Are Data...So Listen to Them

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

CHAPTER

What's the Funk?

Psychologist susan david argues that the first step in reacting effectively to our negative emotions is knowang which emotion we're dealing with. We need to distinguish a catch all sensation like stress, from more specific feelings like exhaustion or disappointment. Once we know what emotion we are dealing with, we also need to figure out what it's saying to us. Or as susan puts it, we need to ask, what's the funk? You'll hear more about the funk when the happiness lab returns in a moment.

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