Big Feelings by Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy: how to be a human

Published: Dec. 11, 2022, 5 p.m.

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About the authors

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Liz Fosslien is the co-author and illustrator of the WSJ bestseller\xa0No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotion at Work and Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay. She leads the content and communications teams at Humu, where she helps leaders and their teams take small steps towards profound improvement. Prior to joining Humu, Liz designed and led workshops for executives at Google, Facebook, and Nike on how to create inclusive cultures. Her writing and data visualization projects have appeared in CNN,\xa0The Economist, The Financial Times, and NPR. Liz starts every day by eating plain Greek yogurt and reading academic abstracts.\xa0

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Mollie West Duffy is the co-author of the WSJ bestseller\xa0No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotion at Work and Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay. She was previously an Organizational Design Lead at global innovation firm IDEO, and a research associate for the Dean of Harvard Business School.\xa0She has worked with\xa0companies\xa0of all sizes on organizational development, leadership development, and workplace culture.\xa0Her writing\xa0has\xa0been featured in Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Entrepreneur, and she\u2019s taught design courses at Stanford and USC. Mollie loves personality tests.

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Source: https://www.lizandmollie.com/bios\xa0

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About the book

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Uncertainty. Anger. Despair. Envy. When you\u2019re overwhelmed by big feelings, it can seem like you\u2019re the only one who is struggling. But having difficult emotions doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re malfunctioning. It means you\u2019re human.

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Weaving surprising science with personal stories and original illustrations, each chapter examines one uncomfortable feeling\u2014like envy, burnout, and anxiety\u2014and lays out strategies for making it manageable. You\u2019ll learn:

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    How to use regret as a compass for making decisions

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    How to identify what\u2019s behind your anger and communicate it productively

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    Why you might be suffering perfectionism, and how to detach your self-worth from what you do

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Big Feelings helps us understand that difficult emotions are not abnormal, and that we can emerge from them with a deeper sense of meaning.

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Source: https://www.lizandmollie.com/big-feelings\xa0

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Three big ideas

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  1. Dispel the myths
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  3. Nothing is permanent
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  5. We are human
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