Whatna, what are they and and why them? There are so many feelings that we could choose from. We tried to go with the word that would most resonate with people. These are not emotions that you can just snap out of. And burnout is usually exhaustion, overwhelm, on disconnection. But dirty suffering is the shame of suffering. That part of it feels so intractable sometimes. So i really appreciate you naming that. I like that running.
The past two-plus years have been defined by uncertainty and upheaval—so it’s safe to say that we’ve been having some feels. Specifically, big feelings—feelings like anger, despair, and burnout, all of which are often pegged as “negative” or “bad.” We tell ourselves lots of stories about these emotions: that we should be strong enough to override them; that our feelings are more intense than others’; and that they have individual (versus structural) solutions. But in the new book Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay, co-authors Mollie West Duffy and Liz Fosslien rewrite that narrative. According to them, the more we can name and understand our toughest emotions, the more we can use them to fuel larger-scale transformation.
In this episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans chat with Mollie about why becoming more feelings fluent in the workplace is critical for realizing a more human future of work.
Order Mollie and Liz's book here: https://bookshop.org/books/big-feelings-how-to-be-okay-when-things-are-not-okay/9780593418239
Learn more about Mollie's work here: https://molliewestduffy.com/
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